GreekG0798Noun (Neuter)

ἄστρον

astron

4Occurrences
G0798Strong's #
Noun (Neuter)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, a constellation; put for a single star (natural or artificial)

neuter from G792 (ἀστήρ);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
mostly in pl. (as in cl.), the stars: ; (b) in sing. (Xen.), only of some noted star; the symbol or image of a star.
LXX: chiefly for כּוֹכָב

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Neuter)

Morphology Code

G:N-N

Full Description

Greek Noun, Neuter

Occurrences

ἄστρον appears 4 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
2
Hebrews
1
Luke
1

Key Passages

Acts 27:20BSB

When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.

Acts 7:43BSB

You have taken along the tabernacle of Molechand the star of your god Rephan,the idols you made to worship.Therefore I will send you into exilebeyond Babylon.’

Hebrews 11:12BSB

And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

Luke 21:25BSB

There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.