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Lexicon :: Strong's G798 - astron

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ἄστρον
Transliteration
astron (Key)
Pronunciation
as'-tron
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:503,86

Strong’s Definitions

ἄστρον ástron, as'-tron; neuter from G792; properly, a constellation; put for a single star (natural or artificial):—star.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G798 in the following manner: star (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G798 in the following manner: star (4x).

  1. a group of stars, a constellation

  2. a star

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἄστρον ástron, as'-tron; neuter from G792; properly, a constellation; put for a single star (natural or artificial):—star.
STRONGS G798:
ἄστρον, -ου, τό, [(see ἀστήρ at the beginning), from Homer down];
1. a group of stars, a constellation; but not infrequent also
2. equivalent to ἀστήρ a star: Luke 21:25; Acts 27:20; Hebrews 11:12; the image of a star, Acts 7:43.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
21:25
Acts
7:43; 27:20
Hebrews
11:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G798 matches the Greek ἄστρον (astron),
which occurs 23 times in 23 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:13 - Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:17 - I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:10 - The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:22 - Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:62

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:62 - And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:21 - So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 - Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:7 - Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:5 - Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:7 - When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 136:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:9 - The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:4 - He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:3 - Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:13 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:4 - And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:12 - I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:9 - We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:7 - And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:10 - And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:10 - The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:26 - But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:4 - Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:16 - Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.
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