Strong's Lexicon
G798
G798 — ἄστρον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G798 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἄστρον |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | neuter from G792 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | astron |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | as'-tron |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) a constellation 2. put for a single star (natural or artificial) |
| KJV Renderings: | star |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἄστρον, ἀστρου, τό ((see ἀστήρ at the beginning), from Homer down);
1. a group of stars, a constellation; but not infrequent also
2. equivalent to ἀστήρ a star: Luk 21:25; Act 27:20; Heb 11:12; the image of a star, Act 7:43.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἄστρον (star)
Luke 21:25
- KJV: And there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars and upon the earth distress of nations with perplexity the sea and the waves roaring
- GK: και έσται σημεία εν ηλίω και σελήνη και άστροις και επί της γης συνοχή εθνών εν απορία ηχούσης θαλάσσης και σάλου
Acts 7:43
- KJV: Yea ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch and the star of your god Remphan figures which ye made to worship them and I will carry you away beyond Babylon
- GK: και ανελάβετε την σκηνήν του Μολόχ και το άστρον του θεού υμών Ρεμφάν τους τύπους ους εποιήσατε προσκυνείν αυτοίς και μετοικιώ υμάς επέκεινα Βαβυλώνος
Acts 27:20
- KJV: And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared and no small tempest lay on all hope that we should be saved was then taken away
- GK: μήτε δε ηλίου μήτε άστρων επιφαινόντων επί πλείονας ημέρας χείμωνός τε ουκ ολίγου επικειμένου λοιπόν περιηρείτο πάσα ελπίς του σώζεσθαι ημάς
Hebrews 11:12
- KJV: Therefore sprang there even of one and him as good as dead as the stars of the sky in multitude and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable
- GK: διό και αφ΄ ενός εγεννήθησαν και ταύτα νενεκρωμένου καθώς τα άστρα του ουρανού τω πλήθει και ως η άμμος η παρά το χείλος της θαλάσσης η αναρίθμητος