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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 didst swear by thine own self, and didst say to them, 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it for ever.'"

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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 nigh: a star shall come forth out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel; it shall crush the forehead of Moab, and break down 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 as the stars of heaven for multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:22

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:62

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:62 - Whereas you were as the stars of heaven for multitude, you shall be left few in number; because you did 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 at the work, and half of them held the spears from the break of dawn till the stars came out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 - Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light, but have none, nor see the eyelids of the morning;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:5 - Behold, even the moon is not bright and the stars are not clean 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 over the night, for his steadfast love endures for ever;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:4 - He determines the number of the stars, he gives to all of them their names.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:3 - Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:13 - You said in your heart, 'I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far north;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:4 - All the host of heaven shall rot away, and the skies roll up like a scroll. All their host shall fall, as leaves fall from the vine, like leaves falling from the fig tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:12

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:9 - We would have healed Babylon, but she was not healed. Forsake her, and let us go each to his own country; for her judgment has reached up to heaven and has been lifted up even to the skies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:7 - When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens, and make their stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:10 - It grew great, even to the host of heaven; and some of the host of the stars it cast down to the ground, and trampled upon 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 the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:26 - You shall take up Sakkuth your king, and Kaiwan your star-god, your images, which you made for yourselves;

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:4 - Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, thence I will bring you down, says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:16 - You increased your merchants more than the stars of the heavens. The locust spreads its wings and flies away.
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