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Lexicon :: Strong's G798 - astron

Aa
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 BoxExo 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:13 - Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:17 -
I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not nigh:
There shall come forth a star out of Jacob,
And a sceptre shall rise out of Israel,
And shall smite through the corners of Moab,
And break down all the sons of tumult.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:10 - Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:22 - Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now Jehovah thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for 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 heaven for multitude; because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:21 - So we wrought in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 -
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark:
Let it look for light, but have none;
Neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:7 -
That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not,
And sealeth up the stars;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:5 -
Behold, even the moon hath no brightness,
And the stars are not pure in his sight:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 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 BoxPsa 136:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:9 -
The moon and stars to rule by night;
For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:4 -
He counteth the number of the stars;
He calleth them all by their names.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:3

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:13 - And thou saidst in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:4 - And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away, as the leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as a fading leaf from the fig-tree.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:9 - We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country; for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:7 - And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:10 - And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and some of the host and of the stars it cast down to the ground, and trampled upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:10 - The earth quaketh before them; the heavens tremble; the sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:26 - Yea, ye have borne the tabernacle of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:4 - Though thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:16 - Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm ravageth, and fleeth away.
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