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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)
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 - fecitque Deus duo magna luminaria luminare maius ut praeesset diei et luminare minus ut praeesset nocti et stellas

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:5 - eduxitque eum foras et ait illi suspice caelum et numera stellas si potes et dixit ei sic erit semen tuum

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17 - benedicam tibi et multiplicabo semen tuum sicut stellas caeli et velut harenam quae est in litore maris possidebit semen tuum portas inimicorum suorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:4 - et multiplicabo semen tuum sicut stellas caeli daboque posteris tuis universas regiones has et benedicentur in semine tuo omnes gentes terrae

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:9 - aliud quoque vidit somnium quod narrans fratribus ait vidi per somnium quasi solem et lunam et stellas undecim adorare me

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:13 - recordare Abraham Isaac et Israhel servorum tuorum quibus iurasti per temet ipsum dicens multiplicabo semen vestrum sicut stellas caeli et universam terram hanc de qua locutus sum dabo semini vestro et possidebitis eam semper

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:17 - videbo eum sed non modo intuebor illum sed non prope orietur stella ex Iacob et consurget virga de Israhel et percutiet duces Moab vastabitque omnes filios Seth

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:10 - non possum solus sustinere vos quia Dominus Deus vester multiplicavit vos et estis hodie sicut stellae caeli plurimae

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:19 - ne forte oculis elevatis ad caelum videas solem et lunam et omnia astra caeli et errore deceptus adores ea et colas quae creavit Dominus Deus tuus in ministerium cunctis gentibus quae sub caelo sunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:22 - in septuaginta animabus descenderunt patres tui in Aegyptum et ecce nunc multiplicavit te Dominus Deus tuus sicut astra caeli

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:62

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:62 - et remanebitis pauci numero qui prius eratis sicut astra caeli prae multitudine quoniam non audisti vocem Domini Dei tui

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:20 - de caelo dimicatum est contra eos stellae manentes in ordine et cursu suo adversum Sisaram pugnaverunt

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:23 - noluit autem David numerare eos a viginti annis inferius quia dixerat Dominus ut multiplicaret Israhel quasi stellas caeli

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:21 - et nos ipsi faciamus opus et media pars nostrum teneat lanceas ab ascensu aurorae donec egrediantur astra

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:23 - et filios eorum multiplicasti sicut stellas caeli et adduxisti eos ad terram de qua dixeras patribus eorum ut ingrederentur et possiderent

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 - obtenebrentur stellae caligine eius expectet lucem et non videat nec ortum surgentis aurorae

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:7 - qui praecipit soli et non oritur et stellas claudit quasi sub signaculo

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:12 - an cogitas quod Deus excelsior caelo et super stellarum vertices sublimetur

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:5 - ecce etiam luna non splendet et stellae non sunt mundae in conspectu eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:7 - cum me laudarent simul astra matutina et iubilarent omnes filii Dei

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:3 - [Vulgate 8:4] videbo enim caelos tuos opera digitorum tuorum lunam et stellas quae fundasti

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 136:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:9 - [Vulgate 135:9] lunam et stellas in potestatem noctis quoniam in aeternum misericordia eius

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:4 - [Vulgate 146:4] qui numerat multitudinem stellarum et omnes nomine suo vocat

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:3 - laudate eum sol et luna laudate eum omnes stellae luminis

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - antequam tenebrescat sol et lumen et luna et stellae et revertantur nubes post pluviam

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:10 - quoniam stellae caeli et splendor earum non expandent lumen suum obtenebratus est sol in ortu suo et luna non splendebit in lumine suo

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:13 - qui dicebas in corde tuo in caelum conscendam super astra Dei exaltabo solium meum sedebo in monte testamenti in lateribus aquilonis

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:13 - defecisti in multitudine consiliorum tuorum stent et salvent te augures caeli qui contemplabantur sidera et supputabant menses ut ex eis adnuntiarent ventura tibi

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:35 - haec dicit Dominus qui dat solem in lumine diei ordinem lunae et stellarum in lumine noctis qui turbat mare et sonant fluctus eius Dominus exercituum nomen illi

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:7 - et operiam cum extinctus fueris caelos et nigrescere faciam stellas eius solem nube tegam et luna non dabit lumen suum

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:10 - Et magnificatum est usque ad fortitudinem caeli: et deiecit de fortitudine, et de stellis, et conculcavit eas.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:3 - Qui autem docti fuerint, (v) fulgebunt quasi splendor firmamenti: et qui ad iustitiam erudiunt multos, quasi stellae in perpetuas aeternitates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:10 - a facie eius contremuit terra moti sunt caeli sol et luna obtenebrati sunt et stellae retraxerunt splendorem suum

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:15 - sol et luna obtenebricata sunt et stellae retraxerunt splendorem suum

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:26 - et portastis tabernaculum Moloch vestro et imaginem idolorum vestrorum sidus dei vestri quae fecistis vobis

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:4 - si exaltatus fueris ut aquila et si inter sidera posueris nidum tuum inde detraham te dicit Dominus

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:16 - plures fecisti negotiationes tuas quam stellae sunt caeli bruchus expansus est et avolavit
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