What does כּוֹכָב · ἀστήρ mean in the Bible?
כּוֹכָב · ἀστήρ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "celestial bodies often used metaphorically for innumerable descendants".
Hebrew · H3556, G792
כּוֹכָב
A star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince · a star (as strown over the sky), literally or figuratively
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כּוֹכָב H3556 a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince
Pronunciation kwōkāb
Star's roundness and brilliance enable its figurative extension to princely power and authority
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ἀστήρ G792 a star (as strown over the sky), literally or figuratively
Pronunciation astḗr
Literal heavenly bodies or symbolic representations of divine agents, particularly angels in Revelation's visionary language.
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What does כּוֹכָב (kokab) mean in the Bible?
כּוֹכָב · ἀστήρ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "celestial bodies often used metaphorically for innumerable descendants".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H3556, G792?
H3556, G792 is connected to 37 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. celestial bodies often used metaphorically for innumerable descendants
Strong's H3556, G792
Lexical occurrences 37 verses Source Gloss
celestial bodies often used metaphorically for innumerable descendants
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
כּוֹכָב is built from these roots:
כַּבּוֹן H3522
כָּוָה H3554
Sources
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