astēr · star

What it means

astēr (ἀστήρ) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “star”.

Heavenly body.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Each of the lights shining in the night sky; sometimes a sign from God.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• stars ×13
• star ×11

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×5
• Mark×1
• 1 Corinthians×3
• Jude×1
• Revelation×14

• Matthew 2:2

  saying, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star at its rising and have come to bow down before him.”

• Matthew 2:7

  Then Herod secretly called the magi and learned precisely from them the time when the star appeared.

• Matthew 2:9

  And they, having heard the king, went on their way; and look, the star that they had seen at its rising was going ahead of them until it came and stopped over where the child was.

• Matthew 2:10

  And seeing the star, they rejoiced with a very great joy.

• Matthew 24:29

  And at once after the affliction of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

• Mark 13:25

  and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.

• 1 Corinthians 15:41

  There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

• Jude 1:13

  wild waves of the sea foaming up their own shameful deeds; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved forever.

• Revelation 1:16

  and he had in his right hand seven stars, and from his mouth came out a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun when it shines in its strength.

• Revelation 1:20

  As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw on my right hand and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies, and the seven lampstands are the seven assemblies.”

• Revelation 2:1

  To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: This is what the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand, the one who walks in the middle of the seven golden lampstands, says:

• Revelation 2:28

  as I also have received authority from my Father; and I will give him the morning star.

• Revelation 3:1

  And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: This is what the one who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars says: I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, and you are dead.

• Revelation 6:13

  and the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when it is shaken by a strong wind.

• Revelation 8:10

  And the third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a lamp, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of the waters.

• Revelation 8:11

  And the name of the star is called Wormwood. And a third of the waters became wormwood, and many of the people died from the waters, because they had been made bitter.

• Revelation 8:12

  And the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon and a third of the stars, so that a third of them would be darkened, and the day would not shine for a third of it, and the night likewise.

• Revelation 9:1

  And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to the earth; and the key of the shaft of the abyss was given to him.

• Revelation 12:1

  And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars;

• Revelation 12:4

  And his tail sweeps away a third of the stars of heaven, and it threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.

• Revelation 22:16

  I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you these things for the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright morning star.”

And 3 more times.