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H3556 כּוֹכָב (kôwkâb) ko-kawb'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

probably from the same as 3522 (in the sense of rolling) or 3554 (in the sense of blazing); a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince

KJV Usage: star((-gazer))

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

כּוֹכָב (ko.khav) — star. 1) star 1a) of Messiah, brothers, youth, numerous progeny, personification, God's omniscience (fig.)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m

Celestial Bodies | ≈ שֶׁמֶשׁ · יָרֵחַ · צְבָא הַשָּׁמָיִם

star = celestial body, providing light, and assisting the sun and moon in ruling day and night; ◄ created and controled by the divine; ≈ associated with a high and elevated position and sometimes personified as creatures that can sing and wage war

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Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

כּוֹכָב n.m. star base

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