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1. star (celestial body) — A luminous celestial body, used both literally for physical stars and figuratively/symbolically for heavenly or angelic beings. All languages converge on a single translation: Arabic نجم/كوكب, German Stern, Spanish estrella, Hebrew כוכב, Korean 별, Hindi तारा, French etoile. Literal astronomical uses: Matt 24:29 and Mark 13:25 (stars falling from heaven in eschatological discourse), 1 Cor 15:41 (star differs from star in glory). The Magi's star: Matt 2:2,7,9,10 (star at Jesus' birth). Revelation symbolic uses: Rev 1:16,20 (seven stars = seven angels of the churches), Rev 2:1,28 (morning star), Rev 6:13, 8:10-12, 9:1 (falling stars as judgment imagery), Rev 12:1,4 (crown of twelve stars, dragon sweeping a third of stars), Rev 22:16 (Christ as bright morning star). Jude 13 (wandering stars = false teachers). Singular and plural forms are purely inflectional, not semantically distinct. 24×
AR["الكَوْكَبِ","النَّجْمَ","النَّجْمُ","النَّجْمِ","النُّجومُ","النُّجُومِ","سَبْعَةَ-كَواكِبَ","كَواكِبَ","كَواكِبِ","كَوْكَبًا","كَوْكَبٌ","كَوْكَبَ","مِن-كَواكِبَ","نَجمٌ","نَجْمَهُ","نُجُومُ"]·ben["তারা","তারা,","তারা।","তারাগুলি","তারাটিকে,","তারাদের;","তারার","তারার।"]·DE["Stern"]·EN["a-star","of-stars","star","stars"]·FR["astre","étoile"]·heb["הַכּוֹכָב","כּוֹכְבֵי","כּוֹכַב","כּוֹכָב","כּוֹכָבִים"]·HI["तारा","तारे","तारे,","तारे-का","तारे-को","तारों","तारों-का","तारों-का,","तारों-को","तारों-को।"]·ID["bintang","bintang,","bintang-bintang","bintang-bintang;","bintang."]·IT["stella"]·jav["lintang","lintang,","lintang-lintang","lintangipun","lintangipun,","lintangipun."]·KO["별-을","별-의","별-이","별들-은","별들-을","별들-의","별들-이","별들이","별이"]·PT["de-estrelas","estrela","estrelas"]·RU["звезда","звезду","звезды","звёзд","звёзд,","звёзд.","звёзд;","звёзды"]·ES["de-estrellas","estrella","estrellas"]·SW["kutoka","nyota","nyota,","nyota.","nyota;","ya-nyota"]·TR["-o","yedi","yıldız","yıldızlar","yıldızları","yıldızların","yıldızı","yıldızın","yıldızını"]·urd["ستاروں","ستاروں-کا","ستاروں-کو","ستاروں-کی","ستارہ","ستارے","ستارے-کا","ستارے-کو"]
Matt 2:2, Matt 2:7, Matt 2:9, Matt 2:10, Matt 24:29, Mark 13:25, 1 Cor 15:41, 1 Cor 15:41, 1 Cor 15:41, Jude 1:13, Rev 1:16, Rev 1:20 (+12 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἀστήρ, ὁ, genitive έρος: dative plural ἀστράσιRefs 8th c.BC+; ἄστρασι Refs 4th c.AD+:—star (see. ἄστρον), ἀστέρ᾽ ὀπωρινῷRefs 8th c.BC+; ἀ. Ἀρκτοῦρος the chief star in the constellation, Refs, etc.; shooting star or meteor, Refs 8th c.BC+ __2 flame, light, fire, Refs 5th c.BC+ __3 ἀστὴρ πέτρινος meteoric stone, Refs __II metaphorically of illustrious persons, etc., φανερώτατον ἀστέρ᾽ ἈθήναςRefs…