Hebrew noun (masculine) · H3556
כּוֹכָב
kokabko-kawb'
star
37 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kôwkâb
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3556is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 18 of 39Old Testament books
- 28spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3556
a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince
The King James renders it: star(-gazer).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
kokab is rendered "star". It stands 37 times in the Hebrew text, across eighteen books.
- Five of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 1:16God 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.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-eight different ways.
The first use
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.
Genesis 1:16הַכּוֹכָבִֽים׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- like stars of8
- and stars6
- the stars6
- stars4
- stars of4
- a star1
- and the stars1
- like the stars1
- more than stars of1
- of the stars1
- on the stars1
- star of1
and 2 more, 37 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| כּוֹס | kos | cup | Uses34 |
| כּוֹבַע | koba | helmet | Uses6 |
| כּוֹשָׁרָה | kosharah | prosperity | Uses1 |
The words it stands beside
All 37, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
28 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- כְּכוֹכְבֵ֥י4
- וְכוֹכָבִ֖ים3
- הַכּוֹכָבִֽים׃2
- וְ֝כוֹכָבִ֗ים2
- כּוֹכָבִ֣ים2
- כְּכוֹכְבֵ֣י2
- בַּכּ֣וֹכָבִ֔ים1
- הַכּ֣וֹכָבִ֔ים1
- הַכּֽוֹכָבִ֗ים1
- הַכּֽוֹכָבִים֙1
- הַכּוֹכָבִ֖ים1
- וְהַכּוֹכָבִ֑ים1
and 16 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)10HR/Ncmpc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural6HC/Ncmpa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural6HTd/Ncmpa
- noun · masculine plural4HNcmpa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)4HNcmpc
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural3HRd/Ncmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1HC/Td/Ncmpa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HNcmpc/Sp3mp
- noun · masculine singular1HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmsc
Genesis
five uses
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.
- הַכּוֹכָבִֽים׃hakokhavimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the stars
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.”
- הַכּ֣וֹכָבִ֔יםhakokhavimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the stars
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.
- כְּכוֹכְבֵ֣יkechokhveipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like stars of
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,
- כְּכוֹכְבֵ֣יkechokhveipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like stars of
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.”
- כּֽוֹכָבִ֔יםkokhavimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: stars
Exodus
one use
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.’”
- כְּכוֹכְבֵ֖יkechokhveipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like stars of
Numbers
one use
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.
- כּוֹכָ֜בkokhavnoun · masculine singulartagged: a star
Deuteronomy
four uses
The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.
- כְּכוֹכְבֵ֥יkechokhveipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like stars of
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.
- הַכּֽוֹכָבִ֗יםhakokhavimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the stars
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.
- כְּכוֹכְבֵ֥יkechokhveipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like stars of
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.
- כְּכוֹכְבֵ֥יkechokhveipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like stars of
Judges
one use
From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.
- הַכּֽוֹכָבִים֙hakokhavimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the stars
1 Chronicles
one use
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.
- כְּכוֹכְבֵ֥יkechokhveipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like stars of
Nehemiah
two uses
So we continued the work, while half of the men held spears from the break of dawn until the stars came out.
- הַכּוֹכָבִֽים׃hakokhavimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the stars
You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess.
- כְּכֹכְבֵ֖יkechokheveipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like stars of
Job
five uses
May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
- כּוֹכְבֵ֪יkokhveinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stars of
He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.
- כּוֹכָבִ֣יםkokhavimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: stars
Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
- כּוֹכָבִ֣יםkokhavimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: stars
If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight,
- וְ֝כוֹכָבִ֗יםvekhokhavimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and stars
while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
- כּ֣וֹכְבֵיkokhveinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stars of
Psalms
four uses
When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
- וְ֝כוֹכָבִ֗יםvekhokhavimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and stars
the moon and stars to govern the night. His loving devotion endures forever.
- וְ֭כוֹכָבִיםvekhokhavimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and stars
He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name.
- לַכּוֹכָבִ֑יםlakokhavimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: of the stars
Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.
- כּ֥וֹכְבֵיkokhveinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stars of
Ecclesiastes
one use
before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,
- וְהַכּוֹכָבִ֑יםvehakokhavimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and the stars
Isaiah
three uses
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.
- כוֹכְבֵ֤יkhokhveinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stars of
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.
- לְכֽוֹכְבֵי־lekhokhvei-preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to stars of
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.
- בַּכּ֣וֹכָבִ֔יםbakokhavimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: on the stars
Jeremiah
one use
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:
- וְכוֹכָבִ֖יםvekhokhavimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and stars
Ezekiel
one use
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.
- כֹּֽכְבֵיהֶ֑םkokheveihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: stars their
Daniel
two uses
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.
- הַכּוֹכָבִ֖יםhakokhavimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the stars
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.
- כַּכּוֹכָבִ֖יםkakokhavimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: like the stars
Joel
two uses
Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
- וְכוֹכָבִ֖יםvekhokhavimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and stars
The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
- וְכוֹכָבִ֖יםvekhokhavimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and stars
Amos
one use
You have taken along Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, the idols you made for yourselves.
- כּוֹכַב֙kokhavnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: star of
Obadiah
one use
Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
- כּֽוֹכָבִ֖יםkokhavimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: stars
Nahum
one use
You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away.
- מִכּוֹכְבֵ֖יmikokhveipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: more than stars of
Where it leads
Studies that open this word1
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
