TBESH · H3556
כּוֹכָב · ko.khav · star
1) star 1a) of Messiah, brothers, youth, numerous progeny, personification, God's omniscience (fig.)
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ko.khav H3556
כּוֹכָב (ko.khav) means “star” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
כּוֹכָב Hebrew · H3556 37 tagged occurrences in 37 verses
Pronunciation guide: ko-kawb' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
probably from the same as H3522 (כַּבּוֹן) (in the sense of rolling) or H3554 (כָּוָה) (in the sense of blazing); a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince
KJV glosses: star(-gazer).
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How translators render H3556
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the stars | 8 |
| as the stars | 6 |
| stars | 5 |
| and stars | 4 |
| and the stars | 4 |
| like the stars | 2 |
| of the stars | 2 |
| a star | 1 |
| more than the stars | 1 |
| the stars as well | 1 |
| their stars | 1 |
| will shine like the stars | 1 |
| your star | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the stars | 6 |
| as the stars | 5 |
| and the stars | 4 |
| and of the stars | 2 |
| of the stars | 2 |
| stars | 2 |
| a star | 1 |
| above the stars | 1 |
| among the stars | 1 |
| and stars | 1 |
| for the stars | 1 |
| him all ye stars | 1 |
| let the stars | 1 |
| like to the stars | 1 |
| not yea the stars | 1 |
| or the stars | 1 |
| the star | 1 |
| the stargazers | 1 |
| thee as the stars | 1 |
| thou as the stars | 1 |
| till the stars | 1 |
| ye were as the stars | 1 |
Verses containing H3556
Page 1 of 1. 37 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 1:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.
Read word by word - Genesis 15:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
Read word by word - Genesis 22:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
Read word by word - Genesis 26:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,
Read word by word - Genesis 37:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
Read word by word - Exodus 32:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’”
Read word by word - Numbers 24:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 1:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 4:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 10:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 28:62
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.
Read word by word - Judges 5:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.
Read word by word - 1 Chronicles 27:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 4:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So we continued the work, while half of the men held spears from the break of dawn until the stars came out.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 4.15
- Nehemiah 9:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess.
Read word by word - Job 3:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
Read word by word - Job 9:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.
Read word by word - Job 22:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
Read word by word - Job 25:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight,
Read word by word - Job 38:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Read word by word - Psalms 8:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 8.4
- Psalms 136:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
the moon and stars to govern the night. His loving devotion endures forever.
Read word by word - Psalms 147:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name.
Read word by word - Psalms 148:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 12:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,
Read word by word - Isaiah 13:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
Read word by word - Isaiah 14:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.
Read word by word - Isaiah 47:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you—your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 31:35
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:
Read word by word - Ezekiel 32:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
Read word by word - Daniel 8:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
It grew as high as the host of heaven, and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the earth and trampled them.
Read word by word - Daniel 12:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.
Read word by word - Joel 2:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
Read word by word - Joel 3:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 4.15
- Amos 5:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You have taken along Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, the idols you made for yourselves.
Read word by word - Obadiah 1:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
Read word by word - Nahum 3:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away.
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