Forms of the word

Dictionary
ἄστρον, ου, τό
Greek transliteration
astron
Simplified transliteration
astron

Numbers

Strong's number
798
GK Number
849

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
4
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-2c
Gloss
star, constellation
Definition
a constellation; a star, Lk. 21:25; Acts 7:43; 27:20; Heb. 11:12*

Greek-English Concordance for ἄστρον

Luke 21:25 “There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars (astrois | ἄστροις | dat pl neut); and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring and surging of the sea;
Acts 7:43 You took along the shrine of Moloch and the star (astron | ἄστρον | acc sg neut) of your god Rephan, the images that you made, to worship them, so I will make you move beyond Babylon.’
Acts 27:20 When neither sun nor stars (astrōn | ἄστρων | gen pl neut) appeared for many days, and no small storm continued to rage, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.
Hebrews 11:12 And so it was that from this one man, and he was already impotent, there were born descendants as many as the stars (astra | ἄστρα | nom pl neut) of heaven in number and as innumerable as the grains of sand along the shore of the sea

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