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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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All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 Your own self, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven; and all this land that I have spoken of I give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.’ ”[fn]

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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 out of Jacob;
A Scepter shall rise out of Israel,
And batter the brow of Moab,
And destroy all the sons of tumult.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:10 - ‘The LORD your God has multiplied you, and here you are today, as the stars of heaven in multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:22

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:62

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:62 - “You shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of heaven in multitude, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:21 - So we labored in the work, and half of the men[fn] held the spears from daybreak until the stars appeared.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 - May the stars of its morning be dark;
May it look for light, but have none,
And not see the dawning of the day;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:7 - He commands the sun, and it does not rise;
He seals off the stars;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:5 - If even the moon does not shine,
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 by night,
For His mercy endures forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:4 - He counts the number of the stars;
He calls them all by name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:3 - Praise Him, sun and moon;
Praise Him, all you stars of light!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:13 - For you have said in your heart:
‘I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the mount of the congregation
On the farthest sides of the north;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:4 - All the host of heaven shall be dissolved,
And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll;
All their host shall fall down
As the leaf falls from the vine,
And as fruit falling from a fig tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:12 - I have made the earth,
And created man on it.
I—My hands—stretched out the heavens,
And all their host I have 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 everyone to his own country;
For her judgment reaches to heaven and is lifted up to the skies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:7 - When I put out your light,
I will cover the heavens, and make its stars 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 grew up to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the ground, and trampled them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:10 - The earth quakes before them,
The heavens tremble;
The sun and moon grow dark,
And the stars diminish their brightness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:26 - You also carried Sikkuth[fn] your king[fn]
And Chiun,[fn] your idols,
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 ascend as high as the eagle,
And though you set your nest among the stars,
From there I will bring you down,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:16 - You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of heaven.
The locust plunders and flies away.
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