Strong's Greek · G792

ἀστήρ

astḗr

star

Definition

a star (as strown over the sky), literally or figuratively

Derivation

probably from the base of G4766 (στρώννυμι);

Appears 24 times in Scripture

Matthew 2:10

When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great delight.

Revelation 6:13

and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind.

Matthew 2:9

After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stood over the place where the Child was.

Matthew 24:29

Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’

1 Corinthians 15:41

The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.

Matthew 2:2

asking, “Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”

Matthew 2:7

Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.

Jude 1:13

They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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