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Strong's G798 ἄστρον (astron)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's H798 — ashdothhappicgah in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G798
Language Greek
Linked Usages 39
Books 22

Strong's G798 Quick Answer

Strong's G798 ἄστρον (astron) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. astron (as'-tron) n. 1. (properly) a constellation 2. put for a single star (natural or artificial) It has 39 linked Bible usages across 22 books. Visible English usage signals include stars and star. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
astron (as'-tron) n. 1. (properly) a constellation 2. put for a single star (natural or artificial)
Usage
39 linked usages
Books
22 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
stars and star

Meaning and Definition

astron (as'-tron) n. 1. (properly) a constellation 2. put for a single star (natural or artificial) [neuter from G792] KJV: star Root(s): G792

Original Word
ἄστρον
Transliteration
astron
Derivation
Root: ἀστήρ R1: 792
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G798. 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: ἄστρον, -ου, τό [in LXX chiefly for כּוֹכָב ;] __(a) mostly in pl. (as in cl.), the stars: Luk.21:25, Act.27:20, Heb.11:12; __(b) in sing. (Xen., al.), only of some noted star; the symbol or image of a star, Act.7:43 (cf. ἀστήρ, and see MM, see word).† (AS)

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How Strong's G798 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render astron, 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 Luke 21:25 star Acts 7:43

How Strong's G798 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. 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 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 25 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.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G798 (ἄστρον) appears 35 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G798 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 G798 in the New Testament

4 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 21:25 KJV

And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

Acts 7:43 KJV

Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

Acts 27:20 KJV

And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.

Strong's G798 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

25 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 32:13 Septuagint / Brenton

remembering Abraham and Isaac and Jacob thy servants, to whom thou hast sworn by thyself, and hast spoken to them, saying, I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of heaven for multitude, and all this land which thou spokest of to give to them, so that they shall possess it forever.

Numbers 24:17 Septuagint / Brenton

I will point to him, but not now; I bless him, but he draws not near: A star shall rise out of Jacob, A man shall spring out of Israel; And shall crush the princes of Moab, And shall spoil all the sons of Seth.

Deuteronomy 1:10 Septuagint / Brenton

The Lord your God has multiplied you, and, behold, ye are today as the stars of heaven for multitude.

Strong's G798 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

10 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

2 Maccabees 9:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And the man, that thought a little afore he could reach to the stars of heaven, no man could endure to carry for his intolerable stink.

4 Maccabees 17:5 Septuagint / Brenton

Not so gracious does the moon appear with the stars in heaven, as thou art established honorable before God, and fixed in the firmament with thy sons whom thou didst illuminate with religion to the stars.

Usage Excerpts

First 39 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G798.

Exodus 32:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
remembering Abraham and Isaac and Jacob thy servants, to whom thou hast sworn by thyself, and hast spoken to them, saying, I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of heaven for multitude, and all this land which thou spokest of to give to them, so that they shall possess it forever.
Numbers 24:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will point to him, but not now; I bless him, but he draws not near: A star shall rise out of Jacob, A man shall spring out of Israel; And shall crush the princes of Moab, And shall spoil all the sons of Seth.
Deuteronomy 1:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord your God has multiplied you, and, behold, ye are today as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Deuteronomy 10:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
With seventy souls your fathers went down into Egypt; but the Lord thy God has made thee as the stars of heaven in multitude.
Deuteronomy 28:62 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of the sky in multitude; because thou didst not hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God.
Nehemiah 4:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
Job 3:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let the stars of that night be darkened; Let it remain dark, and not come into light; And let it not see the morning star arise:
Job 9:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who commands the sun, and it rises not; And he seals up the stars.
Job 25:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If he gives an order to the moon, then it shines not; And the stars are not pure before him.
Job 38:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When the stars were made, All my angels praised me with a loud voice.
Psalms 135:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The moon and the stars to rule the night; For his mercy endures forever.
Psalms 146:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He numbers the multitudes of stars; And calls them all by names.
Psalms 148:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Praise him, sun and moon: Praise him, all ye stars and light.
Isaiah 14:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But thou saidst in thy heart, I will go up to heaven, I will set my throne above the stars of heaven: I will sit on a lofty mount, on the lofty mountains toward the north:
Isaiah 34:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the powers of the heavens shall melt, and the sky shall be rolled up like a scroll: and all the stars shall fall like leaves from a vine, and as leaves fall from a fig tree.
Isaiah 45:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I have made the earth, and man upon it: I with my hand have established the heaven; I have given commandment to all the stars.
Jeremiah 28:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
We tried to heal Babylon, but she was not healed: let us forsake her, and depart every one to his own country: for her judgment has reached to the heaven, it has mounted up to the stars.
Ezekiel 32:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will veil the heavens when thou art extinguished, and will darken the stars thereof; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
Daniel 3:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
To whom thou hast spoken and promised, That thou wouldest multiply their seed as the stars of heaven, And as the sand that lieth upon the seashore.
Daniel 3:63 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O ye stars of heaven, bless ye the Lord: Praise and exalt him above all forever.
Daniel 8:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and it magnified itself to the host of heaven; and there fell to the earth some of the host of heaven and of the stars, and they trampled on them.
Joel 2:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Before them the earth shall be confounded, and the sky shall be shaken: the sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their light.
Amos 5:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Molech, and the star of your god Rephan, the images of them which ye made for yourselves.
Obadiah 1:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If thou shouldest mount up as the eagle, and if thou shouldest make thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.
Nahum 3:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast multiplied thy merchandise beyond the stars of heaven: the palmerworm has attacked it, and has flown away.
Luke 21:25 New Testament, KJV
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Acts 7:43 New Testament, KJV
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
Acts 27:20 New Testament, KJV
And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
Hebrews 11:12 New Testament, KJV
Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
2 Maccabees 9:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And the man, that thought a little afore he could reach to the stars of heaven, no man could endure to carry for his intolerable stink.
4 Maccabees 17:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Not so gracious does the moon appear with the stars in heaven, as thou art established honorable before God, and fixed in the firmament with thy sons whom thou didst illuminate with religion to the stars.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The circuits of years, and positions of stars:
Wisdom of Solomon 7:29 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For she is more beautiful than the sun, And above all the order of stars: Being compared with the light, she is found before it.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Rendered to the righteous a reward of their labors, Guided them in a marvelous way, And was unto them for a cover by day, And a light of stars in the night season;
Wisdom of Solomon 13:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But deemed either fire, or wind, or the swift air, Or the circle of the stars, or the violent water, Or the lights of heaven, to be the gods which govern the world.
Wisdom of Solomon 17:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
No power of the fire might give them light: Neither could the bright flames of the stars Endure to lighten that horrible night.
Wisdom of Sirach 43:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The beauty of heaven, the glory of the stars, An ornament giving light in the highest places of the Lord.
Wisdom of Sirach 44:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore he assured him by an oath, That he would bless the nations in his seed, And that he would multiply him as the dust of the earth, And exalt his seed as the stars, And cause them to inherit from sea to sea, And from the river unto the utmost part of the land.
Letter of Jeremiah 1:59 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore it is better to be a king that showeth his power, or else a profitable vessel in a house, which the owner shall have use of, than such false gods; or to be a door in a house, to keep such things safe as be therein, than such false gods; or a pillar of wood in a palace, than such false gods.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G798, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Obadiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 2 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Letter of Jeremiah 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G798 FAQ

What does astron (ἄστρον) mean?

Astron (Strong's G798) is a Greek word most simply glossed "star". astron (as'-tron) n. 1. (properly) a constellation 2. put for a single star (natural or artificial)

How many times is astron (ἄστρον) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 39 linked usages for Strong's G798 across 22 books.

Where can I study astron (ἄστρον) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G798 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate astron (ἄστρον)?

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 G798 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 25 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 10 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G798, with linked reader references where each row is available.