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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 said to them, ‘I will multiply your [fn]descendants as the stars of the heavens, and all this land of which I have spoken I will give to your [fn]descendants, 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 look at him, but not near;

A star shall appear from Jacob,

A scepter shall rise from Israel,

And shall smash the [fn]forehead of Moab,

And overcome all the sons of Sheth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:10 - ‘The LORD 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 the LORD 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 will be left few in [fn]number, whereas you were as numerous as the stars of heaven, because you did not [fn]obey the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:21 -

So we carried on the work with half of them holding spears from [fn]dawn until the stars [fn]appeared.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 -

“May the stars of its twilight be darkened;

May it wait for light but have none,

And may it not see the [fn]breaking dawn;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:7 -

Who commands the sun [fn]not to shine,

And puts a seal on the stars;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:5 -

“If 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 faithfulness is everlasting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:4 -

He 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 heavenly [fn]lights will [fn]wear away,

And the sky will be rolled up like a scroll;

All its [fn]lights 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 mankind upon it.

I stretched out the heavens with My hands,

And I [fn]ordained all their [fn]lights.

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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;

Abandon her and let’s each go to his own country,

For her judgment has reached to heaven

And it rises to the clouds.

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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 - It grew up to the heavenly [fn]lights, and some of the [fn]lights, [fn]that is, some of the stars it threw down to the earth, and it trampled them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:10 -

Before them the earth quakes,

The heavens tremble,

The sun and the moon become dark,

And the stars 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 make your home high like the eagle,

Though you set your nest among the stars,

From there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:16 -

You have made your traders more numerous than the stars of heaven—

The creeping locust sheds its skin and flies away.

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