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Strong's G792 · Greek

ἀστήρ

aster · as-tare'

probably from the base of 4766; a star (as strown over the sky), literally or figuratively


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἀστήρ (G792)

24 ἀστήρ , -έρος, ὁ , [in LXX chiefly for כּוֹכָב ;] a star : Mt 2:2 , 7 , 9 , 10 , Mk 13:25 , I Co 15:41 , Re 6:13 8:10 , 11 , 12 9:1 12:1 , 4 ; metaph., ὁ ἀ. ὁ πρωϊνός Re 2:28 22:16 ; ἀ. πλαῆται , Ju 13 ; ἀ. ἑπτά , symbolizing the angels of the seven churches, Re 1:16 , 20 2:1 3:1 (cf. ἄστρον , and v. DCG , ii, 674 f.; MM, s.v.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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