Strong G798ἄστρον
star
- Transliteration
- astron
- Pronunciation
- as'-tron
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Neuter from G792; properly a constellation; put for a single star (natural or artificial): - star.
Detailed definition
ἄστρον, -ου, τό
[in LXX chiefly for כּוֹכָב;]
__(a) mostly in pl. (as in cl.), the stars: Luk.21:25, Act.27:20, Heb.11:12;
__(b) in sing. (Xen., al.), only of some noted star; the symbol or image of a star, Act.7:43 (cf. ἀστήρ, and see MM, see word).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for כּוֹכָב;]
__(a) mostly in pl. (as in cl.), the stars: Luk.21:25, Act.27:20, Heb.11:12;
__(b) in sing. (Xen., al.), only of some noted star; the symbol or image of a star, Act.7:43 (cf. ἀστήρ, and see MM, see word).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G798 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- star4
First verses
- Luke 21:25And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
- Acts 7:43Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
- Acts 27:20And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
- Hebrews 11:12Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄστρον, τό,
mostly in plural, the stars, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.555, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.312, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 458, “Ag.” 4, etc.)]; τοῦ κατ᾽ ἄστρα Ζηνός, ={τοῦ ἐν οὐρανῷ}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1106)]; ἄστρων εὐφρόνη, ={εὐφρ. ἀστερόεσσα}, [Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 19: _sing._, like{ἀστήρ}, frequently of Sirius (in full, σήριον ἄστρον)] probable reading in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 23.63), 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 39, 40, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 4.6, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.10.9, +others)]; περὶ τὸ ἄ. in the dog-days, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.7)]; poetry of the sun, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.6, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Definitiones” 411b)]: seldom of any common star, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(1).16, Scholia 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 11)]; of the fixed stars, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 290a20)]; ἄστρα πλανητά, opposed to ἀπλανῆ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 38c)]; opposed to ἐνδεδεμένα, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 346a2)]; opposed to ἀστέρες, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Hermes Trismegistus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 1.21.9)]; ἐπὶ τοῖς ἄστροις at the times of the stars' rising or setting, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 10, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 568a18)]; ἄστροις σημαίνεσθαι, τεκμαίρεσθαι, guide oneself by the stars, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 2.7, 7.48)]; ἄστροις τὸ λοιπὸν ἐκμετρούμενος χθόνα knowing its place only by the stars, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 795: _metaphorically_, ἐχθροῖς ἄ. ὣς λάμψειν [prev. author] “El.” 66.)]
II of something brilliant, admirable, Ἀκροκόρινθον Ἑλλάδος ἄ.[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.297 (3rd c.BC: Polystratus Epicureus), compare 9.400 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus), “APl.” 4.295; Σωκρατικῆς σοφίης ἄ. “IG” 3.770 a.)]
mostly in plural, the stars, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.555, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.312, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 458, “Ag.” 4, etc.)]; τοῦ κατ᾽ ἄστρα Ζηνός, ={τοῦ ἐν οὐρανῷ}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1106)]; ἄστρων εὐφρόνη, ={εὐφρ. ἀστερόεσσα}, [Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 19: _sing._, like{ἀστήρ}, frequently of Sirius (in full, σήριον ἄστρον)] probable reading in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 23.63), 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 39, 40, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 4.6, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.10.9, +others)]; περὶ τὸ ἄ. in the dog-days, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.7)]; poetry of the sun, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.6, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Definitiones” 411b)]: seldom of any common star, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(1).16, Scholia 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 11)]; of the fixed stars, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 290a20)]; ἄστρα πλανητά, opposed to ἀπλανῆ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 38c)]; opposed to ἐνδεδεμένα, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 346a2)]; opposed to ἀστέρες, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Hermes Trismegistus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 1.21.9)]; ἐπὶ τοῖς ἄστροις at the times of the stars' rising or setting, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 10, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 568a18)]; ἄστροις σημαίνεσθαι, τεκμαίρεσθαι, guide oneself by the stars, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 2.7, 7.48)]; ἄστροις τὸ λοιπὸν ἐκμετρούμενος χθόνα knowing its place only by the stars, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 795: _metaphorically_, ἐχθροῖς ἄ. ὣς λάμψειν [prev. author] “El.” 66.)]
II of something brilliant, admirable, Ἀκροκόρινθον Ἑλλάδος ἄ.[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.297 (3rd c.BC: Polystratus Epicureus), compare 9.400 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus), “APl.” 4.295; Σωκρατικῆς σοφίης ἄ. “IG” 3.770 a.)]