ἈΣΤΕΡΑΣ, ἀστερας
ASTERAS, asteras
Sounds Like: as-teh-RAS
Translations: stars
From the root: ἈΣΤΗΡ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to celestial bodies that appear as points of light in the night sky. It is used to describe the heavenly bodies, often in a literal sense, but can also be used metaphorically to refer to prominent or shining figures.
Inflection: Accusative, Plural, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0792 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 15:5
Clement of Alexandria
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 10:6
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 19:2
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 1:16, 15:5, 22:17, 26:4
- Deuteronomy — 4:19
- 1 Chronicles — 27:23
- Nehemiah — 9:23
- Psalms — 8:4
- Isaiah — 47:13
- Jeremiah — 8:2, 38:36
- Enoch — 18:4, 18:13
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
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