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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, Your servants to whom You swore by Yourself, and You said to them, ‘I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and all this land of which I have spoken I will give to your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:17 -

“I see him, but not now;

I behold him, but not near;

A star shall come forth from Jacob,

A scepter shall rise from Israel,

And shall crush through the [fn]forehead of Moab,

And [fn]tear down all the sons of [fn]Sheth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:10 - ‘Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day like the stars of heaven in number.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:22 - “Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons in all, and now Yahweh your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:62

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:62 - “Then you shall remain few in number, whereas you were as numerous as the stars of heaven, because you did not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:21 -

So we kept doing the work with half of them holding spears from [fn]dawn until the stars came out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 -

“Let the stars of its twilight be darkened;

Let it hope for light but have none,

And let it not see the [fn]breaking dawn,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:7 -

The One who says for the sun [fn]not to shine,

And sets a seal upon the stars;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:5 -

“Behold even the moon has no brightness,

And 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 [fn]by night,

For His lovingkindness endures forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:4 -

Who counts the number of the stars;

He [fn]gives names to all of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:3 -

Praise Him, sun and moon;

Praise Him, all stars of light!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:13 -

“But you said in your heart,

‘I will ascend to heaven;

I will raise my throne above the stars of God,

And I will sit on the mount of assembly

In the recesses of the north.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:4 -

And all the host of heaven will rot away,

And the sky will be rolled up like a scroll;

All their hosts will also wither away

As a leaf withers from the vine,

Or as one withers from the fig tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:12 -

“It is I who made the earth and created man upon it.

I stretched out the heavens with My hands,

And I commanded all their host.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:9 -

We applied healing to Babylon, but she was not healed;

Forsake her and let us each go to his own country,

For her judgment has touched heaven

And lifts up to the very skies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:7 -

“And when I extinguish you,

I will cover the heavens and darken their stars;

I will cover the sun with a cloud,

And the moon will not give its light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:10 - Then it grew up to the host of heaven and caused some of the host and some of the stars to fall to the earth, and it trampled them down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:10 -

Before them the earth trembles;

The heavens quake;

The sun and the moon grow dark,

And the stars [fn]lose their brightness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:26 - “You also carried along [fn]Sikkuth your king and [fn]Kiyyun, your images, [fn]the star of your gods which you made for yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:4 -

“Though you build loftily like the eagle,

Though you set your nest among the stars,

From there I will bring you down,” declares Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:16 -

You have increased your traders more than the stars of heaven—

The creeping locust [fn]strips and flies away.

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