G798: ἄστρον
ástron · “star”
Definition
properly, a constellation; put for a single star (natural or artificial)
KJV translates it as: star
Word origin: neuter from G792 (ἀστήρ);
Extended definition
[in LXX chiefly for כּוֹכָב ;]
(a) mostly in pl. (as in cl.), the stars: Luk.21:25, Act.27:20, Heb.11:12;
(b) in sing. (Xen., al.), only of some noted star; the symbol or image of a star, Act.7:43 (cf. ἀστήρ, and see MM, see word).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G798 is translated
- stars ×2
- stars, ×1
- star ×1
Bible verses with G798 (ástron)
Ástron appears in 4 verses.
- Luke 21:25
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;
- Acts 7:43
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.
- Acts 27:20
And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
- Hebrews 11:12
Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.