What does ἀστήρ · πρωϊνός mean in the Bible?
ἀστήρ · πρωϊνός is a Greek phrase meaning "morning star; bright eschatological promise".
Greek · G792, G4407
τὸν ἀστέρα τὸν πρωϊνόν
A star (as strown over the sky), literally or figuratively · morning
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ἀστήρG792a star (as strown over the sky), literally or figuratively
Pronunciationastḗr
Literal heavenly bodies or symbolic representations of divine agents, particularly angels in Revelation's visionary language.
Open lexicon entry →πρωϊνόςG4407morning
Pronunciationprōïnós
Open lexicon entry →What does τὸν ἀστέρα τὸν πρωϊνόν (ton astera ton prōinon) mean in the Bible?
ἀστήρ · πρωϊνός is a Greek phrase meaning "morning star; bright eschatological promise".
Full entry for τὸν ἀστέρα τὸν πρωϊνόν (G792, G4407) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G792, G4407?
G792, G4407 is connected to 24 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. morning star; bright eschatological promise
Source Gloss
morning star; bright eschatological promise
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 6 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns6Aligned forms24Case patternNominative (9)Number patternPlural (13)
Nominative · Plural · MasculineMatt 24:29 · Mark 13:25 · Jude 1:13 · Rev 1:20 · Rev 6:135×
Nominative · Singular · MasculineMatt 2:9 · 1 Cor 15:41 · Rev 8:10 · Rev 22:164×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine1 Cor 15:41 · Rev 1:20 · Rev 8:12 · Rev 12:1 · Rev 12:45×
Genitive · Singular · MasculineMatt 2:7 · 1 Cor 15:41 · Rev 8:113×
Accusative · Singular · MasculineMatt 2:2 · Matt 2:10 · Rev 2:28 · Rev 9:14×
Accusative · Plural · MasculineRev 1:16 · Rev 2:1 · Rev 3:13×
Word Origins
τὸν ἀστέρα τὸν πρωϊνόν is built from this root: