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Lexicon :: Strong's H3556 - kôḵāḇ

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כּוֹכָב
Transliteration
kôḵāḇ
Pronunciation
ko-kawb'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from the same as כַּבּוֹן (H3522) (in the sense of rolling) or כָּוָה (H3554) (in the sense of blazing)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 942a

Strong’s Definitions

כּוֹכָב kôwkâb, ko-kawb'; probably from the same as H3522 (in the sense of rolling) or H3554 (in the sense of blazing); a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince:—star(-gazer).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's H3556 in the following manner: star (36x), stargazers (with H2374) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x
The KJV translates Strong's H3556 in the following manner: star (36x), stargazers (with H2374) (1x).

  1. star

    1. of Messiah, brothers, youth, numerous progeny, personification, God's omniscience (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כּוֹכָב kôwkâb, ko-kawb'; probably from the same as H3522 (in the sense of rolling) or H3554 (in the sense of blazing); a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince:—star(-gazer).
STRONGS H3556: Abbreviations
כּוֺכָב noun masculineGenesis 15:5 star (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כּוֺכְבָא, כּוֺכַבְתָּא bdb045609, bdb045610, feminine form specifically of planet Venus, see also WeSkizzen iii. 36, 38; Arabic bdb045611 generally of single stars and probably Aramaic loan-word, WeSkizzen iii. 173; Ethiopic bdb045612; probably for *כבכב see Mahri kubkob, kobkib, etc., MaltzanZMG 1873, 227 and Assyrian kakkabu DlHWB 336; Punic κακαβουμ (Dioscorides), name of a plant, probably from shape of seed-cup, BlauZMG xxvii, 1873, 529; on formation compare NöM § 109 BaNB § 138. 1) — כ׳ absolute Numbers 24:17; construct כּוֺכַב Amos 5:26; plural כּוֺכָבִים Genesis 1:16 19 times; construct כּוֺכְבֵי (כֹּכְבֵי) Genesis 22:17 13 times; כֹּכְבֵיהֶם Ezekiel 32:7; — singular only אֱלֹהֵיכֶם כ׳ Amos 5:26 (where, however, כ׳ is probably a gloss, so GFM Dec. 19, 1890, and now We; see further כִּיּוּן); and מִיַּעֲקֹב כ׳ Numbers 24:12 (J E; || שֵׁבֶט בישׂראל, metaphor of future ruler); elsewhere plural stars, || sun and moon (compare also below) Genesis 1:16 (P) Psalm 136:9 (to rule the night, compare Genesis 1:16), Jeremiah 31:35; Genesis 37:9 (E), Joseph's dream (אַחַד עָשָׂר כ׳ = 11 brethren); Deuteronomy 4:19 object of idolatrous worship (compare below); observed in augury הַחֹזִים בַּכּ׳ Isaiah 47:13 (of Babylon); Ecclesiastes 12:2 (|| (also) light; figurative of brightness of youth); || sun Job 9:7; || moon Psalm 8:4; sign of evening Nehemiah 4:15 (מֵעֲלוֺת הַשַּׁחַר עַד צֵאת הַכּ׳) compare כּוֺכְבֵי נִשְׁכּוֺ Job 3:9 (apparently sign of dawn); numbered by God Psalm 147:4; simile of abundant posterity, Genesis 15:5; Genesis 22:17; Genesis 26:4; Exodus 32:13 (all J E); of Israel Deuteronomy 1:10; Deuteronomy 10:22; Deuteronomy 28:62; 1 Chronicles 27:32; Nehemiah 9:23; of number of merchants of Nineveh Nahum 3:16; as lofty, Job 22:12; so in figure of haughty nations Obadiah 4; Isaiah 14:13; compare symbolic vision of Daniel (|| צָבָא, צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם) Daniel 8:10; simile of brightness of righteous Daniel 12:3; not pure (זַכּוּ) before God Job 25:5 (|| moon); darkened in Yahweh's judgment Joel 2:10; Joel 4:15; Ezekiel 32:7 (|| sun and moon; so) Isaiah 13:10 (|| also כְּסִילֵיהֶם); personified: as fighting Judges 5:20; shouting Job 38:7 (בְּרָןיַֿחַד כּוֺכְבֵי בֹקֶר, || בְּנֵי אֱלֹחִים); praising Psalm 148:3 (כּוֺכְבֵי אוֺר, || sun and moon). — On stars in Arabic mythology see WeSkizzen iii. 173 f.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:16; 1:16; 1:16; 15:5; 15:5; 22:17; 22:17; 26:4; 37:9

Exodus

32:13

Numbers

24:12; 24:17

Deuteronomy

1:10; 4:19; 10:22; 28:62

Judges

5:20

1 Chronicles

27:32

Nehemiah

4:15; 9:23

Job

3:9; 9:7; 22:12; 25:5; 38:7

Psalms

8:4; 136:9; 147:4; 148:3

Ecclesiastes

12:2

Isaiah

13:10; 14:13; 47:13

Jeremiah

31:35

Ezekiel

32:7; 32:7

Daniel

8:10; 12:3

Joel

2:10

Amos

5:26; 5:26

Obadiah

1:4

Nahum

3:16

H3556

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Strong's Number H3556 matches the Hebrew כּוֹכָב (kôḵāḇ),
which occurs 37 times in 37 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:16 - And God made the two great lights, the greater light for regulating the day and the lesser light for regulating the night, the stars also.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:5 - And he brought him out and said to him, Look up now to heaven, and count the stars, if thou shalt be able to number them fully, and he said, [fn] Thus shall thy seed be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17 - [fn] surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is by the shore of the sea, and thy seed shall inherit the cities of their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:4 - And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven; and I will give to thy seed all this land, and all the nations of the earth shall be blest in thy seed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:9 - And he [fn]dreamed another dream, and related it to his father, and to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed another dream: as it were the sun, and the moon, and the eleven stars did me reverence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:13 - remembering Abraam and Isaac and Jacob thy servants, to whom thou hast sworn by thyself, and hast spoken to them, saying, I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of heaven for multitude, and all this land which thou spokest of to give to them, so that they shall possess it for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:17 - I will point to him, but not now; I bless him, but he draws not near: a star shall rise out of Jacob, a man shall spring out of Israel; and shall crush the princes of Moab, and shall spoil all the sons of Seth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:10 - The Lord your God has multiplied you, and, behold, ye are to-day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:19 - and lest having looked up to the sky, and having seen the sun and the moon and the stars, and all the [fn]heavenly bodies, thou shouldest go astray and worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God has distributed to all the nations under heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:22 - With seventy souls your fathers went down into Egypt; but the Lord thy God has made thee as the stars of heaven in multitude.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:62

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:62 - And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of the sky in multitude; because thou didst not hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:20 - The stars from heaven set themselves in array, they set themselves to fight with Sisara out of their paths.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:23 - But David took not their number from twenty years old and under: because the Lord said that he would multiply Israel as the stars of the heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:21 - (LXX 4:15) So we continued labouring at the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:23 - And thou didst multiply their children as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land of which thou spokest to their fathers;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 - Let the stars of that night be darkened; let it remain dark, and not come into light; and let it not see the morning star arise:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:7 - Who commands the sun, and it rises not; and he seals up the stars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:12 - Does not he that dwells in the high places observe? and has he not brought down the proud?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:5 - If he gives an order to the moon, then it shines not; and the stars are not pure before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:7 - When the stars were made, all my angels praised me with a loud voice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:3 - (LXX 8:4) For I will regard the heavens, the work of thy fingers; the moon and stars, which thou hast established.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:9 - (LXX 135:9) The moon and the stars to rule the night; for his mercy endures for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:4 - (LXX 146:4) He numbers the multitudes of stars; and calls them all by names.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:3 - Praise him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars and light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - While the sun and light are not darkened, nor the moon and the stars; nor the clouds return after the rain:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:10 - For the stars of heaven, and Orion, and all the host of heaven, shall not give their light; and it shall be dark at sunrise, and the moon shall not give her light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:13 - But thou saidst in thine heart, I will go up to heaven, I will set my throne above the stars of heaven: I will sit on a lofty mount, on the lofty mountains toward the north:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:13 - Thou art wearied in thy counsels. Let now the astrologers of the heaven stand and deliver thee, let them that see the stars tell thee what is about to come upon thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:35 - (LXX 38:36) Thus saith the Lord, who gives the sun for a light by day, the moon and the stars for a light by night, and makes a roaring in the sea, so that the waves thereof roar; the Lord Almighty is his name:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:7 - And I will veil the heavens when thou art extinguished, and will darken the stars thereof; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:10 - and it magnified itself to the host of heaven; and there fell to the earth some of the host of heaven and of the stars, and they trampled on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:3 - And the wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and some of the many righteous as the stars for ever and ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:10 - Before them the earth shall be confounded, and the sky shall be shaken: the sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:15 - (LXX 4:15) The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:26 - Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Ræphan, the images of them which ye made for yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:4 - If thou shouldest mount up as the eagle, and if thou shouldest make thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:16 - Thou hast multiplied thy merchandise beyond the stars of heaven: the palmerworm has attacked it, and has flown away.
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