ἄστρον
ástron · G798 · Greek · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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star, planet
A star or a planet
ExamplesLuke 21:25 “There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves,
Acts 7:43 ‘YOU ALSO TOOK ALONG THE TABERNACLE OF MOLOCH AND THE STAR OF YOUR GOD ROMPHA, THE IMAGES WHICH YOU MADE TO WORSHIP. I ALSO WILL DEPORT YOU BEYOND BABYLON.’
Acts 27:20 Since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was assailing us, from then on all hope of our being saved was slowly abandoned.
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constellation
A group of stars
ExamplesActs 7:43 ‘YOU ALSO TOOK ALONG THE TABERNACLE OF MOLOCH AND THE STAR OF YOUR GOD ROMPHA, THE IMAGES WHICH YOU MADE TO WORSHIP. I ALSO WILL DEPORT YOU BEYOND BABYLON.’
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- θεόςGod 1
- οὐρανόςheaven, sky 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- τύποςpattern, example, mark 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐπιφαίνωto appear, to give light 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀναλαμβάνωto carry (away) 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- σημεῖονsign 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- כּוֹכָב kôwkâb · H3556 · star
- Hebrew כּוֹכָב (star) serves as the direct Septuagint translation equivalent of Greek ἄστρον (constellation/star), representing the standard cross-linguistic lexical pairing for celestial luminous bodies in Hebrew-to-Greek biblical texts.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Star, planet1.30
- Used of the literal stars of heaven, as of Abraham's descendants compared to the stars in number in Hebrews 11:12.
- Constellation1.31
- Used of a grouping of stars viewed collectively, as of the sun, moon, and stars giving signs in Luke 21:25 and the star of the god Rompha in Acts 7:43.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀστρου, τό ((see ἀστήρ at the beginning), from Homer down); 1. a group of stars, a…
1. a group of stars, a constellation; but not infrequent also
2. equivalent to ἀστήρ a star: Lk 21:25; Acts 27:20; Heb 11:12; the image of a star, Acts 7:43.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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