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Strong's G792 ἀστήρ (aster)

Aster means “star” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H792 — eshbaal in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G792
Language Greek
Linked Usages 45
Books 19

Strong's G792 Quick Answer

Strong's G792 ἀστήρ (aster) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. aster (as-tare') n. 1. a star (as strown over the sky) {literally or figuratively} It has 45 linked Bible usages across 19 books. Visible English usage signals include stars and star. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
aster (as-tare') n. 1. a star (as strown over the sky) {literally or figuratively}
Usage
45 linked usages
Books
19 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
stars and star

Meaning and Definition

aster (as-tare') n. 1. a star (as strown over the sky) {literally or figuratively} [probably from the base of G4766] KJV: star Root(s): G4766

Original Word
ἀστήρ
Transliteration
aster
Derivation
Root: στρώννυμι R1: 4766
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G792. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

star

Usage: ἀστήρ, -έρος, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for כּוֹכָב ;] a star: Mat.2:2, 7-10 :, Mrk.13:25, 1Co.15:41, Rev.6:13 8:10-12 9:1 12:1, 4; metaphorically, ὁ ἀ. ὁ πρωϊνός Rev.2:28 22:16; ἀ. πλαῆται, Ju 13; ἀ. ἑπτά, symbolizing the angels of the seven churches, Rev.1:16, 20 2:1 3:1 (cf. ἄστρον, and see DCG, ii, 674 f.; MM, see word).† (AS)

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How Strong's G792 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render aster, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

stars Matthew 24:29 11× star Matthew 2:2 10×

How Strong's G792 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 1 Enoch, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is New Testament with 21 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G792 (ἀστήρ) appears 24 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G792 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G792 in the New Testament

21 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 2:2 KJV

Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

Matthew 2:7 KJV

Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.

Matthew 2:9 KJV

When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.

Strong's G792 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

17 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 1:16 Septuagint / Brenton

And God made the two great lights, the greater light for regulating the day and the lesser light for regulating the night, the stars also.

Genesis 15:5 Septuagint / Brenton

And he brought him out and said to him, Look up now to heaven, and count the stars, if thou shalt be able to number them fully, and he said, Thus shall thy seed be.

Genesis 22:17 Septuagint / Brenton

surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is by the shore of the sea, and thy seed shall inherit the cities of their enemies.

Strong's G792 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Wisdom of Sirach 50:6 Septuagint / Brenton

He was as the morning star in the midst of a cloud, And as the moon at the full:

Baruch 3:34 Septuagint / Brenton

The stars shined in their watches, and rejoiced: when he calleth them, they say, Here we be; and so with cheerfulness they showed light unto him that made them.

Strong's G792 in 1 Enoch

5 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 14:8 Septuagint / Brenton

written. And the vision was shown to me thus: Behold, in the vision clouds invited me and a mist summoned me, and the course of the stars and the lightnings sped and hastened me, and the winds in

1 Enoch 14:11 Septuagint / Brenton

of crystal. Its ceiling was like the path of the stars and the lightnings, and between them were

1 Enoch 14:17 Septuagint / Brenton

you its splendour and its extent. And its floor was of fire, and above it were lightnings and the path

Usage Excerpts

First 45 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G792.

Genesis 1:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God made the two great lights, the greater light for regulating the day and the lesser light for regulating the night, the stars also.
Genesis 15:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought him out and said to him, Look up now to heaven, and count the stars, if thou shalt be able to number them fully, and he said, Thus shall thy seed be.
Genesis 22:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is by the shore of the sea, and thy seed shall inherit the cities of their enemies.
Genesis 26:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven; and I will give to thy seed all this land, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in thy seed.
Genesis 37:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he dreamed another dream, and related it to his father, and to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed another dream: as it were the sun, and the moon, and the eleven stars did me reverence.
Deuteronomy 4:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and lest having looked up to the sky, and having seen the sun and the moon and the stars, and all the heavenly bodies, thou shouldest go astray and worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God has distributed to all the nations under heaven.
Judges 5:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The stars from heaven set themselves in array, They set themselves to fight with Sisera out of their paths.
1 Chronicles 27:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But David took not their number from twenty years old and under: because the Lord said that he would multiply Israel as the stars of the heaven.
Nehemiah 9:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
Psalms 8:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I will regard the heavens, the work of thy fingers; The moon and stars, which thou hast established.
Ecclesiastes 12:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
While the sun and light are not darkened, Nor the moon and the stars; Nor the clouds return after the rain:
Isaiah 13:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the stars of heaven, and Orion, and all the host of heaven, shall not give their light; and it shall be dark at sunrise, and the moon shall not give her light.
Isaiah 47:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou art wearied in thy counsels. Let now the astrologers of the heaven stand and deliver thee, let them that see the stars tell thee what is about to come upon thee.
Jeremiah 8:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and they shall spread them out to the sun, and the moon, and to all the stars, and to all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and to which they have held, and which they have worshiped; they shall not be mourned for, neither shall they be buried; but they shall be for an example on the face of the earth,
Jeremiah 38:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord, who gives the sun for a light by day, the moon and the stars for a light by night, and makes a roaring in the sea, so that the waves thereof roar; the Lord Almighty is his name:
Daniel 12:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and some of the many righteous as the stars forever and ever.
Joel 4:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their light.
Matthew 2:2 New Testament, KJV
Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
Matthew 2:7 New Testament, KJV
Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
Matthew 2:9 New Testament, KJV
When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
Matthew 2:10 New Testament, KJV
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
Matthew 24:29 New Testament, KJV
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Mark 13:25 New Testament, KJV
And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
1 Corinthians 15:41 New Testament, KJV
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
Jude 1:13 New Testament, KJV
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
Revelation 1:16 New Testament, KJV
And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
Revelation 1:20 New Testament, KJV
The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
Revelation 2:1 New Testament, KJV
Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
Revelation 3:1 New Testament, KJV
And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
Revelation 6:13 New Testament, KJV
And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Revelation 8:10 New Testament, KJV
And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
Revelation 8:11 New Testament, KJV
And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
Revelation 8:12 New Testament, KJV
And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
Revelation 9:1 New Testament, KJV
And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
Revelation 12:1 New Testament, KJV
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
Revelation 12:4 New Testament, KJV
And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Revelation 22:16 New Testament, KJV
I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
Wisdom of Sirach 50:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He was as the morning star in the midst of a cloud, And as the moon at the full:
Baruch 3:34 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The stars shined in their watches, and rejoiced: when he calleth them, they say, Here we be; and so with cheerfulness they showed light unto him that made them.
1 Enoch 14:8 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
written. And the vision was shown to me thus: Behold, in the vision clouds invited me and a mist summoned me, and the course of the stars and the lightnings sped and hastened me, and the winds in
1 Enoch 14:11 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
of crystal. Its ceiling was like the path of the stars and the lightnings, and between them were
1 Enoch 14:17 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
you its splendour and its extent. And its floor was of fire, and above it were lightnings and the path
1 Enoch 18:4 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
of the heaven. I saw the winds of heaven which turn and bring the circumference of the sun and
1 Enoch 18:13 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
birds, but it was a waste and horrible place. I saw there seven stars like great burning mountains,

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G792, grouped by book.

Genesis 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 5 usages, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
1 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Jude 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 13 usages, New Testament
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 5 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G792 FAQ

What does aster (ἀστήρ) mean?

Aster (Strong's G792) is a Greek word most simply glossed "star". aster (as-tare') n. 1. a star (as strown over the sky) {literally or figuratively}

How many times is aster (ἀστήρ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 45 linked usages for Strong's G792 across 19 books.

Where can I study aster (ἀστήρ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G792 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate aster (ἀστήρ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as stars and star. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G792 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 17 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 5 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G792, with linked reader references where each row is available.