כּוֹכָב kokhav

Hebrew word for “star” · Strong’s H3556 · used 37 times in 37 verses

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Meaning

1) star; 1a) of Messiah, brothers, youth, numerous progeny, personification, God's omniscience (fig.)

How it is translated

Glosses given for kokhav in context, with how often each is used:

• stars 25
• like the stars 9
• star 2
• more than the stars 1

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 1 (1), Genesis 15 (1), Genesis 22 (1), Genesis 26 (1), Genesis 37 (1), Exodus 32 (1), Numbers 24 (1), Deuteronomy 1 (1), Deuteronomy 4 (1), Deuteronomy 10 (1)

Forms

• ככוכבי 7
• הכוכבים 6
• וכוכבים 6
• כוכבים 4
• כוכבי 4
• כוכב 2
• כככבי 1
• לכוכבים 1
• והכוכבים 1
• לכוכבי 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with kokhav more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 20
• יָרֵחַ yareach “moon” 12
• שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh “sun” 9
• רָבָה ravah “to multiply” 7
• אוֹר or “light” 6
• חָשַׁךְ chashakh “to darken” 3
• קָדַר qadar “be dark” 3
• רֹב rov “abundance” 4
• זֶרַע zera “seed” 4
• רָאָה raah “to see” 5
• מֶמְשָׁלָה memshalah “dominion” 2
• נֹגַהּ nogah “brightness” 2

Key verses

The verses using kokhav that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 15:5 — And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed…
• Genesis 22:17 — That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and…
• Genesis 26:4 — And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the…
• Exodus 32:13 — Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of…
• Numbers 24:17 — I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite…
• Deuteronomy 4:19 — And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to…
• Psalms 8:3 — When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
• Isaiah 13:10 — For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause…
• Isaiah 14:13 — For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the…
• Jeremiah 31:35 — Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when…
• Ezekiel 32:7 — And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her…
• Daniel 12:3 — And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.