star

Greek Noun Neuter

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)

star

Greek Noun Neuter

ἄστρον, τό, mostly in plural, the stars, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τοῦ κατ᾽ ἄστρα Ζηνός, ={τοῦ ἐν οὐρανῷ}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄστρων εὐφρόνη, ={εὐφρ. ἀστερόεσσα}, [Refs] probable reading in [Refs 7th c.BC+]; περὶ τὸ ἄ. in the dog-days, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; poetry of the sun, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: seldom of any common star, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the fixed stars, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἄστρα πλανητά, opposed to ἀπλανῆ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἐνδεδεμένα, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀστέρες, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐπὶ τοῖς ἄστροις at the times of the stars' rising or setting, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄστροις σημαίνεσθαι, τεκμαίρεσθαι, guide oneself by the stars, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἄστροις τὸ λοιπὸν ἐκμετρούμενος χθόνα knowing its place only by the stars, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) of something brilliant, admirable, Ἀκροκόρινθον Ἑλλάδος ἄ.[Refs 3rd c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Neuter

properly, a constellation; put for a single star (natural or artificial); star; neuter from g792 (ἀστήρ)