Star
כּוֹכָבStrong’s H3556kokhav (ko-khav)
Appears in 37 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Kokhav is the Hebrew word usually translated “like stars of”, “stars” and “stars of”. It appears in 37 verses of the Old Testament.
“And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.”
Meaning
- Starof Messiah, brothers, youth, numerous progeny, personification, God's omniscience (fig.)
How it's translated
- like stars of 8
- the stars 6
- and stars 6
- stars of 5
- stars 4
- a star 1
- of the stars 1
- and the stars 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 5
- Job 5
- Deuteronomy 4
- Psalms 4
- Isaiah 3
- Nehemiah 2
18 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 12:3In contextAnd they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
- Genesis 1:16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
- Genesis 15:5And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
- Genesis 22:17That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
- Genesis 26:4And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
- Genesis 37:9And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
All 37 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
כּוֹכָב kokhav · star
1) star 1a) of Messiah, brothers, youth, numerous progeny, personification, God's omniscience (fig.)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “star” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
STAR, noun
- An apparently small luminous body in the heavens, that appears in the night, or when its light is not obscured by clouds or lost in the brighter effulgence of the sun.
- The pole-star. [A particular application, not in use.]
- In astrology, a configuration of the planets, supposed to influence fortune.
- The figure of a star; a radiated mark in writing or printing; an asterisk; thus*; used as a reference to a note in the margin, or to fill a blank in writing or printing where letters are omitted.
All definitions and other forms of “star”
- In Scripture, Christ is called the bright and morning star the star that ushers in the light of an eternal day to his people.
- The figure of a star; a badge of rank; as stars and garters.
STAR, verb transitive
To set or adorn with stars or bright radiating bodies; to bespangle; as a robe starred with gems.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.