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Easton's Bible Dictionary

The eleven stars (Genesis 37:9); the seven (Amos 5:8); wandering (Jude 1:13); seen in the east at the birth of Christ, probably some luminous meteors miraculously formed for this specific purpose (Matthew 2:2-10); stars worshipped (Deuteronomy 4:19; 2 Kings 17:16; 21:3; Jeremiah 19:13); spoken of symbolically (Numbers 24:17; Revelation 1:16, 20; 12:1). (see ASTROLOGERS.)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ELEVEN; STARS

e-lev'-'-n.

See ASTRONOMY.

FALLING STARS

See ASTRONOMY.

SEVEN STARS

See ASTRONOMY.

STAR; STARS

star, starz.

See ASTRONOMY, sec. I, 6.

STARS, COURSES OF

See ASTRONOMY, sec. I, 1.

STARS, FALLING; MORNING; WANDERING

See ASTRONOMY, sec. I, 8; I, 7; I, 9.

STARS, SEVEN

See ASTRONOMY.

TWELVE STARS

See ASTRONOMY, sec. II, 12.

WANDERING STARS

won'-der-ing.

See ASTRONOMY.

Greek

798. astron -- a star
... 798 -- a single star, or a of stars viewed as one entity. ... Word Origin from aster
Definition a star NASB Word Usage star (1), stars (3). star. ...
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4756. stratia -- an army
... Phonetic Spelling: (strat-ee'-ah) Short Definition: an army, host of angels Definition:
an army; met: a host of angels, the hosts of heaven (ie the stars). ...
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792. aster -- a star
... Definition: a star. Word Origin from a prim. root ster- Definition a star
NASB Word Usage star (11), stars (13). star. Probably from ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3598. Kimah -- a cluster of stars
... 3597, 3598. Kimah. 3599 . a cluster of stars. Transliteration: Kimah Phonetic
Spelling: (kee-maw') Short Definition: Pleiades. ... Pleiades, seven stars. ...
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3556. kokab -- a star
... 3555, 3556. kokab. 3557 . a star. Transliteration: kokab Phonetic Spelling:
(ko-kawb') Short Definition: stars. Word Origin from ...
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4264. machaneh -- an encampment, camp
... an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers)
or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the ...
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Library

"As the Stars. "
... (Mark vi:30-34.) "As the Stars.". ... Perhaps the night is clear, the sky full
of stars, bright and sparkling. A sky rocket is sent off. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on service/as the stars.htm

Stars of the Morning.
... STARS OF THE MORNING. A Cento from the Canon of the "Bodiless Ones;" Tuesday in
the Week of the Fourth Tone. ... Stars of the morning, so gloriously bright,. ...
/.../neale/hymns of the eastern church/stars of the morning.htm

Influence of the Moon and Stars on Men.
... Book XIII. 6. Influence of the Moon and Stars on Men. Let us now, then,
give heed to the very letter of the passage, and first let ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/6 influence of the moon.htm

Stars of Glory
... No. 9 Stars of Glory. CHRISTMAS Stars of Glory. Carol Dr. Husenbeth S.
Janowska. Slowly. 1. Stars of glory, shine more brightly ...
/.../various/the st gregory hymnal and catholic choir book/no 9 stars of glory.htm

Of the Septizonium and the Stars.
... VII."Of the Septizonium and the Stars. ... Or among the stars themselves Mars was caught
with her by married jealousy: he is called the youthful god. ...
/.../commodianus/the instructions of commodianus/vii of the septizonium and the.htm

Whether Divination by the Stars is Unlawful?
... OF SUPERSTITION IN DIVINATIONS (EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether divination by the stars
is unlawful? ... Nom. iv). Therefore divination by the stars is not unlawful. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether divination by the stars.htm

Third Tractate. Are the Stars Causes?
... THE SECOND ENNEAD THIRD TRACTATE. ARE THE STARS CAUSES? 1. That the circuit
of the stars indicates definite events to come but without ...
/.../plotinus/the six enneads/third tractate are the stars.htm

The Dragon, the Devil; the Stars Struck from Heaven by the Tail of ...
... Chapter X."The Dragon, the Devil; The Stars Struck from Heaven by the Tail of the
Dragon, Heretics; The Numbers of the Trinity, that Is, the Persons Numbered ...
/.../chapter x the dragon the devil.htm

To Count the Stars, to Observe their Places or Motions...
... [Way-2-54] To count the stars, to observe their places or motions? To
count the stars, to observe their places or motions, is ...
/.../law/the way to divine knowledge/way-2-54 to count the stars.htm

Of the Lights and Stars of Heaven --Of Day and Night, Ver. 14
... Book XIII. Chapter XVIII."Of the Lights and Stars of Heaven"Of Day and
Night, Ver. 14. 22. Thus ... tongues. And all these as stars. ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/chapter xviii of the lights and.htm

Thesaurus

Stars (64 Occurrences)
... The eleven stars (Genesis 37:9); the seven (Amos 5:8); wandering (Jude 1:13); seen
in the east at the birth of Christ, probably some luminous meteors ...
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Starry (14 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Abounding with stars; adorned with stars. 2. (a.) Consisting of, or proceeding
from, the stars; stellar; stellary; as, starry light; starry flame. ...
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Darkened (28 Occurrences)
... Matthew 24:29 But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be
darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky ...
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Firmament (17 Occurrences)
... 2. (v. & a.) The region of the air; the sky or heavens. 3. (v. & a.) The orb of
the fixed stars; the most remote of the celestial spheres. Int. ...
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Lights (71 Occurrences)
... Revelation 1:20 The secret of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and
of the seven gold vessels with burning lights. ... He also made the stars. ...
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Numerous (88 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 11:12 wherefore, also from one were begotten -- and that of one who had
become dead -- as the stars of the heaven in multitude, and as sand that 'is ...
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Astronomy
... Isaiah 14:12), the "seven stars" and "Pleiades," "Orion," "Arcturus," the "Great
Bear" (Amos 5:8; Job 9:9; 38:31), "the crooked serpent," Draco (Job 26:13 ...
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Lampstands (10 Occurrences)
... (WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV). Revelation 1:20 the mystery of the seven stars which
you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands. ...
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Lamp-stands (5 Occurrences)
... Revelation 1:20 the secret of the seven stars that thou hast seen upon my right
hand, and the seven golden lamp-stands: the seven stars are messengers of the ...
/l/lamp-stands.htm - 7k

Lamps (45 Occurrences)
... (Root in WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV). Revelation 1:20 the mystery of the seven stars
which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands. ...
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Resources

What do the seven stars represent in Revelation? | GotQuestions.org

How can the light of stars billions of light years away from the earth have reached us if the earth is only thousands of years old? | GotQuestions.org

What does the Bible say about astrology and the zodiac? Is astrology something a Christian should study? | GotQuestions.org

Stars: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Stars (64 Occurrences)

Matthew 24:29
But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 13:25
the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 21:25
There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves;
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 27:20
When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 15:41
There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Philippians 2:15
that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
(See NIV)

Hebrews 11:12
Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jude 1:13
wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 1:16
He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 1:20
the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies. The seven lampstands are seven assemblies.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 2:1
"To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: "He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lampstands says these things:
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 3:1
"And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: "He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things: "I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 6:13
The stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when it is shaken by a great wind.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 8:12
The fourth angel sounded, and one third of the sun was struck, and one third of the moon, and one third of the stars; so that one third of them would be darkened, and the day wouldn't shine for one third of it, and the night in the same way.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 12:1
A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 12:4
His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 1:16
God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 15:5
Yahweh brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 22:17
that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your seed greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 26:4
I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and will give to your seed all these lands. In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 37:9
He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, "Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 32:13
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them,'I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.'"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 1:10
Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day as the stars of the sky for multitude.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 4:19
and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the army of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 10:22
Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now Yahweh your God has made you as the stars of the sky for multitude.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 17:3
By becoming a servant of other gods and worshipping them or the sun or the moon or all the stars of heaven, against my orders;
(BBE NIV)

Deuteronomy 28:62
You shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of the sky for multitude; because you didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 5:20
From the sky the stars fought. From their courses, they fought against Sisera.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 17:16
And turning their backs on all the orders which the Lord had given them, they made for themselves images of metal, and the image of Asherah, worshipping all the stars of heaven and becoming servants to Baal.
(BBE)

2 Kings 21:3
He put up again the high places which had been pulled down by Hezekiah his father; he made altars for Baal, and an Asherah, as Ahab, king of Israel, had done; he was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven.
(BBE)

2 Kings 21:5
And he put up altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.
(BBE)

2 Kings 23:4
Then the king gave orders to Hilkiah, the chief priest, and to the priests of the second order, and to the keepers of the door, to take out of the house of the Lord all the vessels made for Baal and for the Asherah and for all the stars of heaven; and he had them burned outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and took the dust of them to Beth-el.
(BBE)

2 Kings 23:5
And he put an end to the false priests, who had been put in their positions by the kings of Judah to see to the burning of offerings in the high places in the towns of Judah and the outskirts of Jerusalem, and all those who made offerings to Baal and to the sun and the moon and the twelve signs and all the stars of heaven.
(BBE)

1 Chronicles 27:23
But David didn't take the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Yahweh had said he would increase Israel like the stars of the sky.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 33:3
For he put up again the high places which had been pulled down by his father Hezekiah; and he made altars for the Baals, and pillars of wood, and was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven;
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 33:5
And he made altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.
(BBE)

Nehemiah 4:21
So we worked in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 9:23
Their children also multiplied you as the stars of the sky, and brought them into the land concerning which you did say to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 3:9
Let the stars of its twilight be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 9:7
He commands the sun, and it doesn't rise, and seals up the stars.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 22:12
"Isn't God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 25:5
Behold, even the moon has no brightness, and the stars are not pure in his sight;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 38:7
when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 8:3
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 136:9
The moon and stars to rule by night; for his loving kindness endures forever:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 147:4
He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 148:3
Praise him, sun and moon! Praise him, all you shining stars!
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ecclesiastes 12:2
Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Song of Songs 6:10
Who is she, looking down as the morning light, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, who is to be feared like an army with flags?
(See NIV)

Isaiah 13:10
For the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened in its going forth, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 14:13
You said in your heart, "I will ascend into heaven! I will exalt my throne above the stars of God! I will sit on the mountain of assembly, in the far north!
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 40:26
Let your eyes be lifted up on high, and see: who has made these? He who sends out their numbered army: who has knowledge of all their names: by whose great strength, because he is strong in power, all of them are in their places.
(See NAS)

Isaiah 45:12
I have made the earth, forming man on it: by my hands the heavens have been stretched out, and all the stars put in their ordered places.
(BBE)

Isaiah 47:13
But your mind is troubled by the number of your guides: let them now come forward for your salvation: the measurers of the heavens, the watchers of the stars, and those who are able to say from month to month what things are coming on you.
(BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 8:2
And they will put them out before the sun and the moon and all the stars of heaven, whose lovers and servants they have been, after whom they have gone, to whom they have made prayers, and to whom they have given worship: they will not be put together or placed in the earth; they will be waste on the face of the earth.
(BBE NIV)

Jeremiah 31:35
Thus says Yahweh, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar; Yahweh of Armies is his name:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 33:22
As the army of the sky can't be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured; so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites who minister to me.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 32:7
When I shall extinguish you, I will cover the heavens, and make its stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Daniel 8:10
It grew great, even to the army of the sky; and some of the army and of the stars it cast down to the ground, and trampled on them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Daniel 12:3
Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joel 2:10
The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joel 3:15
The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Obadiah 1:4
Though you mount on high as the eagle, and though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there," says Yahweh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Nahum 3:16
You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies. The grasshopper strips, and flees away.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Stars

Stars of the Deliverer

Stars: Comets

Stars: Constellations of

Stars: Created by God

Stars: Crown of Twelve Stars

Stars: Darkening of

Stars: Differ in Splendor

Stars: Falling of

Stars: Orion

Stars: Planets