Lexicon :: Strong's H3556 - kôḵāḇ

But Joseph dreamed still another dream, and told it to his brothers [as well]. He said, “See here, I have again dreamed a dream, and lo, [this time I saw] eleven stars and the sun and the moon bowed down [in respect] to me!”

I see Him, but not now;

I behold Him, but not near.

A star shall come forth from [the descendants of] Jacob,

A scepter shall rise out of [the descendants of] Israel

And shall crush the forehead of Moab

And destroy all the sons of Sheth.

“From the heavens the stars fought,

From their courses they fought against Sisera.

So we carried on with the work with half of them holding spears from dawn until the stars came out.

“You made their children as numerous as the stars of heaven,

And You brought them into the land

Which You told their fathers to enter and possess.

“Let the stars of its early dawn be dark;

Let the morning wait in vain for the light,

Let it not see the eyelids of morning (the day’s dawning),

Who commands the sun, and it does not shine;

Who seals up the stars [from view];

“Is not God in the height of heaven?

And behold the distant stars, how high they are!

“Behold, even the moon has no brightness [compared to God’s majesty and glory]

And the stars are not pure in His sight,

When the morning stars sang together

And all the sons of God (angels) shouted for joy?

When I see and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,

The moon and the stars, which You have established,

The moon and stars to rule by night,

For His lovingkindness endures forever;

He counts the number of the stars;

He calls them all by their names.

Praise Him, sun and moon:

Praise Him, all stars of light!

For the stars of heaven and their constellations

Will not flash with their light;

The sun will be dark when it rises,

And the moon will not shed its light.

“But you said in your heart,

‘I will ascend to heaven;

I will raise my throne above the stars of God;

I will sit on the mount of assembly

In the remote parts of the north.

“You [fn]are wearied by your many counsels.

Just let the astrologers,

The stargazers,

Those who predict by the new moons [each month]

Stand up and save you from the things that will come upon you [Babylon].

Thus says the LORD,

Who gives the sun for light by day

And the fixed order of the moon and of the stars for light by night,

Who stirs up the sea’s roaring billows or stills the waves when they roar;

The LORD of hosts is His name:

“And when I extinguish you,

I will cover the heavens [of Egypt] and darken their stars;

I will cover the sun with a cloud

And the moon will not give its light.

The earth quakes before them,

The heavens tremble,

The sun and the moon grow dark

And the stars lose their brightness.

The sun and the moon grow dark

And the stars lose their brightness.

“Though you build [your nest] on high like the eagle,

Though you set your nest among the stars,

I will bring you down from there,” says the LORD.

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

The creeping locust strips and destroys and then flies away.