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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #792 - ἀστήρ

Transliteration

astḗr

Phonetics

as-tare'

Origin

probably from the base of (G4766)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TDNT

1:503,86

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a star

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3556 ‑ כּוֹכָב (ko‑kawb'); 6635 ‑ צְבָאָה (tsaw‑baw', tseb‑aw‑aw');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (25)

Matthew 5

Mark 1

1 Corinthians 3

Jude 1

Revelation 15

BSB (24)

Matthew 5

Mark 1

1 Corinthians 3

Jude 1

Revelation 14

CSB (24)

Matthew 5

Mark 1

1 Corinthians 3

Jude 1

Revelation 14

ESV (23)

Matthew 5

Mark 1

1 Corinthians 3

Revelation 14

KJV (24)

Matthew 5

Mark 1

1 Corinthians 3

Jude 1

Revelation 14

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (24)

Matthew 5

Mark 1

1 Corinthians 3

Jude 1

Revelation 14

N95 (24)

Matthew 5

Mark 1

1 Corinthians 3

Jude 1

Revelation 14

NAS (24)

Matthew 5

Mark 1

1 Corinthians 3

Jude 1

Revelation 14

NLT (24)

Matthew 6

Mark 1

1 Corinthians 5

Jude 1

Revelation 23

WEB (25)

Matthew 5

Mark 1

1 Corinthians 3

Jude 1

Revelation 15

YLT (24)

Matthew 5

Mark 1

1 Corinthians 3

Jude 1

Revelation 14

ASV (25)

a star 1

another star 1

of the star 1

of the stars 3

one star 1

star 4

stars 7

the 1

the star 3

the stars 3

BSB (24)

a star 1

from star 1

star 9

stars 12

the stars 1

CSB (24)

star 7

stars 7

the star 4

the stars 6

ESV (23)

star 11

stars 12

KJV (24)

star 11

stars 13

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (24)

star 11

stars 13

N95 (24)

star 11

stars 13

NAS (24)

star 11

stars 13

NLT (24)

other 1

star 9

stars 14

WEB (25)

a star 1

another star 1

of the star 1

of the stars 3

one star 1

star 4

stars 8

the 1

the star 3

the stars 2

YLT (24)

a star 1

from star 1

of stars 1

star 9

stars 12

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-APM 3

N-ASM 4

N-GPM 5

N-GSM 3

N-NPM 5

N-NSM 4

ANT

N-APM 3

N-ASM 4

N-GPM 5

N-GSM 3

N-NPM 5

N-NSM 4

BEZ

N-APM 3

N-ASM 4

N-GPM 5

N-GSM 3

N-NPM 5

N-NSM 4

BGB

N-APM 3

N-ASM 4

N-GPM 5

N-GSM 3

N-NPM 5

N-NSM 4

BMT

N-APM 3

N-ASM 4

N-GPM 5

N-GSM 3

N-NPM 5

N-NSM 4

BYZ

N-APM 3

N-ASM 4

N-GPM 5

N-GSM 3

N-NPM 5

N-NSM 4

ELZ

N-APM 3

N-ASM 4

N-GPM 5

N-GSM 3

N-NPM 5

N-NSM 4

NA26

N-APM 3

N-ASM 4

N-GPM 5

N-GSM 3

N-NPM 5

N-NSM 4

SBL

N-APM 3

N-ASM 4

N-GPM 5

N-GSM 3

N-NPM 5

N-NSM 4

SCV

N-APM 3

N-ASM 4

N-GPM 5

N-GSM 3

N-NPM 5

N-NSM 4

STV

N-APM 3

N-ASM 4

N-GPM 5

N-GSM 3

N-NPM 5

N-NSM 4

TIS

N-APM 3

N-ASM 4

N-GPM 5

N-GSM 3

N-NPM 5

N-NSM 4

N-APM 3

N-ASM 4

N-GPM 5

N-GSM 3

N-NPM 5

N-NSM 4

TRG

N-APM 1

N-ASM 4

N-GPM 5

N-GSM 3

N-NPM 4

N-NSM 4

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἀστήρ, ὁ,

gen. έρος: dat. pl. ἀστράσι Il. 22.28, 317 (Aristarch.; ἄστρασι Sch.Ven., Choerob.): —

1. star (v. ἄστρον), ἀστέρ' ὀπωρινῷ Il. 5.5; οὔλιος ἀ. 11.62; Σείριος ἀ. Hes. Op. 417; ἀ. Ἀρκτοῦρος the chief star in the constellation, ib. 565, etc.; shooting star or meteor, Il. 4.75; οἱ διατρέχοντες ἀ. Ar. Pax 838; ᾄττοντας ὥσπερ ἀστέρας Pl. R. 621b, cf. Arist. Mete. 341a33, Plu. Agis 11.

2. flame, light, fire, E. Hel. 1131 (lyr.).

3. ἀστὴρ πέτρινος meteoric stone, Placit. 2.13.9.

II metaph. of illustrious persons, etc., φανερώτατον ἀστέρ' Ἀθήνας E. Hipp. 1122 (lyr.); Μουσάων ἀστέρα καὶ Χαρίτων AP 7.1.8 (Alc. Mess.)

III

1. star-fish, Hp. Nat.Mul. 32, Arist. HA 548a7, PA 681b9, etc. name of a bird, perh. goldfinch, Dionys. Av. 3.2. blue daisy, Aster Amellus, Nic. Fr. 74.66, Dsc. 4.119. Samian clay used as sealing-wax, and in Medicine, Thphr. Lap. 63, Dsc. 5.153, Gal. 12.178, al. architectural ornament, IG 4.1484.83 (Epid.), SIG 241 B 111 (Delph., iv B. C.). bandage, Gal. 18 (1).823.

2. name of various remedies, Id. 12.761, al. birthmark in form of star, Carcin. ap. Arist. Po. 1454b22: in Palmistry, a mark on the hand, τῷ ύ στοιχείῳ παραπλήσιον Cat.Cod.Astr. 7.238.28. (Cf. Skt. stár - `star', Lat. stella (from stçr-la), Goth. stairnô.)

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἀστήρ, ἀστέρος, ὁ (from the root, star (probably, as strewn over the sky), cf. ἄστρον, Latinstella, German Stern, English star; Fick, Part i. 250; Curtius, § 205; Vanicek, p. 1146; from Homer down); a star: Matthew 2:7, 9, 10 (accusative, ἀστεραν א* C; see ἄρσην at the end); ; Mark 13:25; 1 Corinthians 15:41; Revelation 6:13; Revelation 8:10-12; Revelation 9:1; Revelation 12:1, 4; ὁ ἀστήρ αὐτοῦ, the star betokening his birth, Matthew 2:2 (i. e. 'the star of the Messiah,' on which cf. Bertholdt, Christologia Judaeorum § 14; Anger, Der Stern der Weisen, in Niedner's Zeitschr. f. d. histor. Theol. for 1847, fasc. 3; (B. D. under the word )); by the figure of the seven stars which Christ holds in his right hand, Revelation 1:16; Revelation 2:1; Revelation 3:1, are signified the angels of the seven churches under the direction of Christ, Revelation 1:20; see what was said under the word ἄγγελος, 2. ἀστήρ ὁ πρωϊνός the morning star, Revelation 22:16 (Rec. ὀρθρινός); Revelation 2:28 (δώσω αὐτῷ τόν ἀστέρα τόν πρωινόν I will give to him the morning star, that he may be irradiated with its splendor and outshine all others, i. e. I will cause his heavenly glory to excel that of others). ἀστέρες πλανῆται, wandering stars, Jude 1:13 (these are not planets, the motion of which is scarcely noticed by the commonalty, but far more probably comets, which Jude regards as stars which have left the course prescribed them by God, and wander about at will — cf. Enoch 18:15, and so are a fit symbol of men πλανῶντες καί πλανώμενοι, 2 Timothy 3:13).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἀστήρ , -έρος , ὁ ,

[in LXX chiefly for H3556;]

a star: Matthew 2:2; Matthew 2:7-10 :, Mark 13:25, 1 Corinthians 15:41, Revelation 6:13; Revelation 8:10-12; Revelation 9:1; Revelation 12:1; Revelation 12:4; metaph., ὁ ἀ . ὁ πρωϊνός Revelation 2:28; Revelation 22:16; ἀ . πλαῆται , Judges 1:13; ἀ . ἑπτά , symbolizing the angels of the seven churches, Revelation 1:16; Revelation 1:20; Revelation 2:1; Revelation 3:1 (cf. ἄστρον , and v. DCG, ii, 674 f.; MM, s.v.).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

Syll 140.111 (late iv/B.C.), a list of payments on account of the temple at Delphi, has το [ῦ ξ ]υλ [ί ]νου ἀστέρος τοῦ παρδείγματος ";the pattern of the wooden star"; : see note. In OGIS 194.19 (i/B.C.) it is said of the Egyptian Amon Ra that ὥσπερ λαμπρὸς ἀστὴρ καὶ δαίμων ἀγαθ [ὸς τοῖς ἀπελπίζουσι ]ν ἐπέλαμψε . The use made of the same figure in the Apocalypse undoubtedly suggested the fourth century epitaph which Ramsay (Luke, p. 366) discovered on a stone now built into the wall of an early Turkish Khan in Lycaonia—

Νεστόριος πρεσβύτερος ἐνθάδε κῖτε

ἀστὴρ ὃς ἐνέλαμπεν ἐν ἐκλησίεσιν θεοῦ .

";Nestorius, presbyter, lies here, who shone a star among the Churches of God."; One might suspect the ultimate origin of the phrase in Plato’s exquisite epitaph on his friend Aster—

Ἀστὴρ πρὶν μὲν ἔλαμπες ἔνι ζωοῖσιν ἑῷος ,

νῦν δὲ θανὼν λάμπεις ἕσπερος ἐν φθιμένοις .

Other instances of ἀστήρ are P Petr III. 134.2 (an astronomical fragment relating to the 36 decans presiding over the ten days’ periods), P Par 1 (Eudoxus treatise, ii/B.C.) in the opening acrostic .10 χρόνος διοικῶν ἀστέρων γνωρίσματα , P Leid W xiii. 11 τῶν ζ ̄ἀστέρων (magic), ib. V xiii..23 ἀστὴρ ἀπὸ κεφαλῆς , etc. But we cannot quote it from papyri outside those on astrological or astronomical subjects and magic. It survives, however, in MGr ἀστέρας .

List of Word Forms

αστερα αστέρα ἀστέρα αστερας αστέρας ἀστέρας αστερες αστέρες ἀστέρες αστερος αστέρος ἀστέρος αστερων αστέρων ἀστέρων αστηρ αστήρ ἀστὴρ aster astēr astḕr astera astéra asteras astéras asteres astéres asteron asterōn astéron astérōn asteros astéros