Lexicon :: Strong's H3556 - kôḵāḇ

כּוֹכָב

Transliteration

kôḵāḇ

Pronunciation

ko-kawb'

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

Probably from the same as כַּבּוֹן (H3522) (in the sense of rolling) or כָּוָה (H3554) (in the sense of blazing)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 942a

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

כּוֹכָב kôwkâb, ko-kawb'; probably from the same as H3522 (in the sense of rolling) or H3554 (in the sense of blazing); a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince:—star(-gazer).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's H3556 in the following manner: star (36x), stargazers (with H2374) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's H3556 in the following manner: star (36x), stargazers (with H2374) (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

star
1. of Messiah, brothers, youth, numerous progeny, personification, God's omniscience (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H3556: Abbreviations

כּוֺכָב noun masculine^{Genesis 15:5} star (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כּוֺכְבָא, כּוֺכַבְתָּא , , feminine form specifically of planet Venus, see also We^{Skizzen iii. 36, 38}; Arabic generally of single stars and probably Aramaic loan-word, We^{Skizzen iii. 173}; Ethiopic ; probably for *כבכב see Mahri kubkob, kobkib, etc., Maltzan^{ZMG 1873, 227 and} Assyrian kakkabu Dl^{HWB 336}; Punic κακαβουμ (Dioscorides), name of a plant, probably from shape of seed-cup, Blau^{ZMG xxvii, 1873, 529}; on formation compare Nö^{M § 109} Ba^{NB § 138. 1}) — כ׳ absolute Numbers 24:17; construct כּוֺכַב Amos 5:26; plural כּוֺכָבִים Genesis 1:16 19 times; construct כּוֺכְבֵי (כֹּכְבֵי) Genesis 22:17 13 times; כֹּכְבֵיהֶם Ezekiel 32:7; — singular only אֱלֹהֵיכֶם כ׳ Amos 5:26 (where, however, כ׳ is probably a gloss, so GFM Dec. 19, 1890, and now We; see further כִּיּוּן); and מִיַּעֲקֹב כ׳ Numbers 24:12 (J E; || שֵׁבֶט בישׂראל, metaphor of future ruler); elsewhere plural stars, || sun and moon (compare also below) Genesis 1:16 (P) Psalm 136:9 (to rule the night, compare Genesis 1:16), Jeremiah 31:35; Genesis 37:9 (E), Joseph's dream (אַחַד עָשָׂר כ׳ = 11 brethren); Deuteronomy 4:19 object of idolatrous worship (compare below); observed in augury הַחֹזִים בַּכּ׳ Isaiah 47:13 (of Babylon); Ecclesiastes 12:2 (|| (also) light; figurative of brightness of youth); || sun Job 9:7; || moon Psalm 8:4; sign of evening Nehemiah 4:15 (מֵעֲלוֺת הַשַּׁחַר עַד צֵאת הַכּ׳) compare כּוֺכְבֵי נִשְׁכּוֺ Job 3:9 (apparently sign of dawn); numbered by God Psalm 147:4; simile of abundant posterity, Genesis 15:5; Genesis 22:17; Genesis 26:4; Exodus 32:13 (all J E); of Israel Deuteronomy 1:10; Deuteronomy 10:22; Deuteronomy 28:62; 1 Chronicles 27:32; Nehemiah 9:23; of number of merchants of Nineveh Nahum 3:16; as lofty, Job 22:12; so in figure of haughty nations Obadiah 4; Isaiah 14:13; compare symbolic vision of Daniel (|| צָבָא, צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם) Daniel 8:10; simile of brightness of righteous Daniel 12:3; not pure (זַכּוּ) before God Job 25:5 (|| moon); darkened in Yahweh's judgment Joel 2:10; Joel 4:15; Ezekiel 32:7 (|| sun and moon; so) Isaiah 13:10 (|| also כְּסִילֵיהֶם); personified: as fighting Judges 5:20; shouting Job 38:7 (בְּרָןיַֿחַד כּוֺכְבֵי בֹקֶר, || בְּנֵי אֱלֹחִים); praising Psalm 148:3 (כּוֺכְבֵי אוֺר, || sun and moon). — On stars in Arabic mythology see We^{Skizzen iii. 173 f}.

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:16; 1:16; 1:16; 15:5; 15:5; 22:17; 22:17; 26:4; 37:9

Exodus

32:13

Numbers

24:12; 24:17

Deuteronomy

1:10; 4:19; 10:22; 28:62

Judges

5:20

1 Chronicles

27:32

Nehemiah

4:15; 9:23

Job

3:9; 9:7; 22:12; 25:5; 38:7

Psalms

8:4; 136:9; 147:4; 148:3

Ecclesiastes

12:2

Isaiah

13:10; 14:13; 47:13

Jeremiah

31:35

Ezekiel

32:7; 32:7

Daniel

8:10; 12:3

Joel

2:10

Amos

5:26; 5:26

Obadiah

1:4

Nahum

3:16

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H3556 matches the Hebrew כּוֹכָב (kôḵāḇ),
which occurs 37 times in 37 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Gen 1:16

Gen 1:16 - And God^H430 made^H6213 two^H8147 great^H1419 lights;^H3974 the greater^H1419 light^H3974 to rule^H4475 the day,^H3117 and the lesser^H6996 light^H3974 to rule^H4475 the night:^H3915 he made the stars^H3556 also.

Gen 15:5

Gen 15:5 - And he brought him forth^H3318 abroad,^H2351 and said,^H559 Look^H5027 now toward heaven,^H8064 and tell^H5608 the stars,^H3556 if thou be able^H3201 to number^H5608 them: and he said^H559 unto him, So^H3541 shall thy seed^H2233 be.

Gen 22:17

Gen 22:17 - That in blessing^H1288 I will bless^H1288 thee, and in multiplying^H7235 I will multiply^H7235 thy seed^H2233 as the stars^H3556 of the heaven,^H8064 and as the sand^H2344 which is upon the sea^H3220 shore;^H8193 and thy seed^H2233 shall possess^H3423 the gate^H8179 of his enemies;^H341

Gen 26:4

Gen 26:4 - And I will make^H7235 ➔ thy seed^H2233 to multiply^H7235 as the stars^H3556 of heaven,^H8064 and will give^H5414 unto thy seed^H2233 all these^H411 countries;^H776 and in thy seed^H2233 shall all the nations^H1471 of the earth^H776 be blessed;^H1288

Gen 37:9

Gen 37:9 - And he dreamed^H2492 yet another^H312 dream,^H2472 and told^H5608 it his brethren,^H251 and said,^H559 Behold, I have dreamed^H2492 a dream^H2472 more; and, behold, the sun^H8121 and the moon^H3394 and the eleven^H6240^H259 stars^H3556 made obeisance^H7812 to me.

Exo 32:13

Exo 32:13 - Remember^H2142 Abraham,^H85 Isaac,^H3327 and Israel,^H3478 thy servants,^H5650 to whom thou swarest^H7650 by thine own self, and saidst^H1696 unto them, I will multiply^H7235 your seed^H2233 as the stars^H3556 of heaven,^H8064 and all this land^H776 that I have spoken^H559 of will I give^H5414 unto your seed,^H2233 and they shall inherit^H5157 it for ever.^H5769

Num 24:17

Num 24:17 - I shall see^H7200 him, but not now: I shall behold^H7789 him, but not nigh:^H7138 there shall come^H1869 a Star^H3556 out of Jacob,^H3290 and a Sceptre^H7626 shall rise^H6965 out of Israel,^H3478 and shall smite^H4272 the corners^H6285 of Moab,^H4124 and destroy^H6979 all the children^H1121 of Sheth.^H8352^H8351

Deu 1:10

Deu 1:10 - The LORD^H3068 your God^H430 hath multiplied^H7235 you, and, behold, ye are this day^H3117 as the stars^H3556 of heaven^H8064 for multitude.^H7230

Deu 4:19

Deu 4:19 - And lest thou lift up^H5375 thine eyes^H5869 unto heaven,^H8064 and when thou seest^H7200 the sun,^H8121 and the moon,^H3394 and the stars,^H3556 even all the host^H6635 of heaven,^H8064 shouldest be driven^H5080 to worship^H7812 them, and serve^H5647 them, which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 hath divided^H2505 unto all nations^H5971 under the whole heaven.^H8064

Deu 10:22

Deu 10:22 - Thy fathers^H1 went down^H3381 into Egypt^H4714 with threescore and ten^H7657 persons;^H5315 and now the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 hath made^H7760 thee as the stars^H3556 of heaven^H8064 for multitude.^H7230

Deu 28:62

Deu 28:62 - And ye shall be left^H7604 few^H4592 in number,^H4962 whereas^H834 ye were as the stars^H3556 of heaven^H8064 for multitude;^H7230 because thou wouldest not obey^H8085 the voice^H6963 of the LORD^H3068 thy God.^H430

Jdg 5:20

Jdg 5:20 - They fought^H3898 from heaven;^H8064 the stars^H3556 in their courses^H4546 fought^H3898 against Sisera.^H5516

1Ch 27:23

1Ch 27:23 - But David^H1732 took^H5375 not the number^H4557 of them from twenty^H6242 years^H8141 old^H1121 and under:^H4295 because the LORD^H3068 had said^H559 he would increase^H7235 Israel^H3478 like to the stars^H3556 of the heavens.^H8064

Neh 4:21

Neh 4:21 - So we laboured^H6213 in the work:^H4399 and half^H2677 of them held^H2388 the spears^H7420 from the rising^H5927 of the morning^H7837 till the stars^H3556 appeared.^H3318

Neh 9:23

Neh 9:23 - Their children^H1121 also multipliedst^H7235 thou as the stars^H3556 of heaven,^H8064 and broughtest^H935 them into the land,^H776 concerning which thou hadst promised^H559 to their fathers,^H1 that they should go in^H935 to possess^H3423 it.

Job 3:9

Job 3:9 - Let the stars^H3556 of the twilight^H5399 thereof be dark;^H2821 let it look^H6960 for light,^H216 but have none; neither let it see^H7200 the dawning^H6079 of the day:^H7837

Job 9:7

Job 9:7 - Which commandeth^H559 the sun,^H2775 and it riseth^H2224 not; and sealeth up^H2856 the stars.^H3556

Job 22:12

Job 22:12 - Is not God^H433 in the height^H1363 of heaven?^H8064 and behold^H7200 the height^H7218 of the stars,^H3556 how high^H7311 they are!

Job 25:5

Job 25:5 - Behold even to the moon,^H3394 and it shineth^H166 not; yea, the stars^H3556 are not pure^H2141 in his sight.^H5869

Job 38:7

Job 38:7 - When the morning^H1242 stars^H3556 sang^H7442 together,^H3162 and all the sons^H1121 of God^H430 shouted^H7321 for joy?

Psa 8:3

Psa 8:3 - When I consider^H7200 thy heavens,^H8064 the work^H4639 of thy fingers,^H676 the moon^H3394 and the stars,^H3556 which thou hast ordained;^H3559

Psa 136:9

Psa 136:9 - The moon^H3394 and stars^H3556 to rule^H4475 by night:^H3915 for his mercy^H2617 endureth for ever.^H5769

Psa 147:4

Psa 147:4 - He telleth^H4487 the number^H4557 of the stars;^H3556 he calleth^H7121 them all by their names.^H8034

Psa 148:3

Psa 148:3 - Praise^H1984 ye him, sun^H8121 and moon:^H3394 praise^H1984 him, all ye stars^H3556 of light.^H216

Ecc 12:2

Ecc 12:2 - While the sun,^H8121 or the light,^H216 or the moon,^H3394 or the stars,^H3556 be not darkened,^H2821 nor the clouds^H5645 return^H7725 after^H310 the rain:^H1653

Isa 13:10

Isa 13:10 - For the stars^H3556 of heaven^H8064 and the constellations^H3685 thereof shall not give^H1984 their light:^H216 the sun^H8121 shall be darkened^H2821 in his going forth,^H3318 and the moon^H3394 shall not cause her light^H216 to shine.^H5050

Isa 14:13

Isa 14:13 - For thou hast said^H559 in thine heart,^H3824 I will ascend^H5927 into heaven,^H8064 I will exalt^H7311 my throne^H3678 above^H4605 the stars^H3556 of God:^H410 I will sit^H3427 also upon the mount^H2022 of the congregation,^H4150 in the sides^H3411 of the north:^H6828

Isa 47:13

Isa 47:13 - Thou art wearied^H3811 in the multitude^H7230 of thy counsels.^H6098 Let now the astrologers,^H1895^H8064 the stargazers,^H2374^H3556 the monthly^H2320 prognosticators,^H3045 stand up,^H5975 and save^H3467 thee from these things that shall come^H935 upon thee.

Jer 31:35

Jer 31:35 - Thus saith^H559 the LORD,^H3068 which giveth^H5414 the sun^H8121 for a light^H216 by day,^H3119 and the ordinances^H2708 of the moon^H3394 and of the stars^H3556 for a light^H216 by night,^H3915 which divideth^H7280 the sea^H3220 when the waves^H1530 thereof roar;^H1993 The LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635 is his name:^H8034

Eze 32:7

Eze 32:7 - And when I shall put thee out,^H3518 I will cover^H3680 the heaven,^H8064 and make^H6937 ➔ the stars^H3556 thereof dark;^H6937 I will cover^H3680 the sun^H8121 with a cloud,^H6051 and the moon^H3394 shall not give^H215 her light.^H216

Dan 8:10

Dan 8:10 - And it waxed great,^H1431 even to the host^H6635 of heaven;^H8064 and it cast down^H5307 some of the host^H6635 and of the stars^H3556 to the ground,^H776 and stamped^H7429 upon them.

Dan 12:3

Dan 12:3 - And they that be wise^H7919 shall shine^H2094 as the brightness^H2096 of the firmament;^H7549 and they that turn many^H7227 to righteousness^H6663 as the stars^H3556 for ever^H5769 and ever.^H5703

Joe 2:10

Joe 2:10 - The earth^H776 shall quake^H7264 before^H6440 them; the heavens^H8064 shall tremble:^H7493 the sun^H8121 and the moon^H3394 shall be dark,^H6937 and the stars^H3556 shall withdraw^H622 their shining:^H5051

Joe 3:15

Joe 3:15 - The sun^H8121 and the moon^H3394 shall be darkened,^H6937 and the stars^H3556 shall withdraw^H622 their shining.^H5051

Amo 5:26

Amo 5:26 - But ye have borne^H5375 the tabernacle^H5522 of your Moloch^H4428 and Chiun^H3594 your images,^H6754 the star^H3556 of your god,^H430 which ye made^H6213 to yourselves.

Oba 1:4

Oba 1:4 - Though thou exalt^H1361 thyself as the eagle,^H5404 and though thou set^H7760 thy nest^H7064 among the stars,^H3556 thence will I bring thee down,^H3381 saith^H5002 the LORD.^H3068

Nah 3:16

Nah 3:16 - Thou hast multiplied^H7235 thy merchants^H7402 above the stars^H3556 of heaven:^H8064 the cankerworm^H3218 spoileth,^H6584 and flieth away.^H5774

Lexicon :: Strong's H3556 - kôḵāḇ

כּוֹכָב

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