noun · masculine
asteros
Strong’sG792
a star
stem aster-24 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books6 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
A star, a heavenly body scattered across the sky 1234. The word is used in this literal sense throughout the New Testament, for example in the accounts of the star of Bethlehem and in visions of stars falling or given symbolic roles in the sky 1.
The word is also used metaphorically, applied to notable or symbolic figures: it describes the "morning star," a "wandering star," and the seven stars representing the angels of the seven churches 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
ἀστήρ, -έρος, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for כּוֹכָב;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G792 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidas-tare'
a star (as strown over the sky), literally or figuratively
Fromprobably from the base of G4766;
King Jamesstar.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
genitive έρος: dative plural ἀστράσιRefs 8th c.BC+; ἄστρασι Refs 4th c.AD+:—star (see. ἄστρον), ἀστέρ᾽ ὀπωρινῷRefs 8th c.BC+; ἀ. Ἀρκτοῦρος the chief star in the constellation, Refs, etc.; shooting star or meteor, Refs 8th c.BC+
2 flame, light, fire, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 ἀστὴρ πέτρινος meteoric stone, Refs
II metaphorically of illustrious persons, etc., φανερώτατον ἀστέρ᾽ ἈθήναςRefs 7th c.BC+
III star-fish, Refs 5th c.BC+
IV name of a bird, perhaps goldfinch, Refs
V blue daisy, Aster Amellus, Refs 2nd c.BC+
VI Samian clay used as sealing-wax, and in Medicine, Refs 4th c.BC+
VII architectural ornament, Refs 4th c.BC+
VIII bandage, Refs 2nd c.AD+
VIII.2 name of various remedies, Refs
IX birthmark in form of star, Carcin. cited in Refs 4th c.BC+: in Palmistry, a mark on the hand, τῷ ύ στοιχείῳ παραπλήσιονRefs. (Cf. Sanskrit stár- `star', Latin stella (from stēr-la), Gothic stairnō.)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | asteros4×ἀστὴρ | asterois5×ἀστέρες |
| object accusative | asteron4×ἀστέρα | asteroin3×ἀστέρας |
| direct address vocative | asteror | asteroir |
| of, belonging to genitive | asterou3×ἀστέρος | asteroiu5×ἀστέρων |
| to, for dative | astero | asteroi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
astero is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
24 occurrences, every one of them listed
asteros“star”subjectnominative singular4×
Matthew 2:9… tou basilevou poreuila, kai idou tos asteros hon horala en ta anatola proagate …… went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east …
1 Corinthians 15:41… doxas selēnau, kai allosas doxas asteroiu, asteros gar asterou diaferatō en doxa.… another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.
Revelation 8:10… salpizata; kai piptata ek tou ouranou asteros megos kaiorōntos hōs lampadas, kai piptata …… sounded his trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from …
Revelation 22:16… rizas kai tem genem David, tos asteros tos lampros, tos prōinos.… Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”
asteron“star”objectaccusative singular4×
Matthew 2:2… toiu Ioudaioiu? horana gar autou ton asteron en ta anatola kai erchana proskunara …… of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come …
Matthew 2:10horarantois de ton asteron chairila charan megan sfodra.When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great delight.
Revelation 2:28… patrou mu, kai dōami auto ton asteron ton prōinon.… I will give him the morning star.
Revelation 9:1… tos pemptos angelos salpizata; kai horama asteron ek tou ouranou piptarēnton eis tan …… his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to …
asterou“star”of, belonging togenitive singular3×
Matthew 2:7… para autoiu ton chronon tou fanorōntou asterou,… from them the exact time the star had appeared.
1 Corinthians 15:41… kai allosas doxas asteroiu, asteros gar asterou diaferatō en doxa.… stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.
Revelation 8:11kai tem onomem tou asterou legotō; tos Apsinthos. kai geneta tem …The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the …
asterois“stars”subjectnominative plural5×
Matthew 24:29… dōati tem fengem autau, kai tois asterois pipteli apo tou ouranou, kai tais …… will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and …
Mark 13:25kai tois asterois eli ek tou ouranou piptarōntois, kai …the stars will fall from the sky, and …
Jude 1:13… agrieim thalassau epafrizarōnteim tain heauteiu aischunain, asterois planētois hoi tos zofos teu skoteu …… foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been …
Revelation 1:20… hepta luchnain tain chrusouain; tois hepta asterois angelois taiu hepta ekklēsaiu alō, kai …… the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven …
Revelation 6:13kai tois asterois tou ouranou piptala eis tan gēan, …and the stars of the sky fell to the …
asteroin“stars”objectaccusative plural3×
Revelation 1:16… echarōntos en ta dexa cheira autou asteroin hepta, kai ek teu stomeu autou …… held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came …
Revelation 2:1… Hōdeim legatō tos kratarōntos toin hepta asteroin en ta dexa autou, tos peripatarōntos …… of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks …
Revelation 3:1… pneumeim tou theou kai toin hepta asteroin; Oidamē su teim ergeim, hoti onomem …… spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have …
asteroiu“stars”of, belonging togenitive plural5×
1 Corinthians 15:41… allosas doxas selēnau, kai allosas doxas asteroiu, asteros gar asterou diaferatō en doxa.… splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star …
Revelation 1:20tem mustēriem toiu hepta asteroiu hoin horasa epi tau dexau mu, …… is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand …
Revelation 8:12… tau selēnau kai tem tritem toiu asteroiu, hina skotiziteia tem tritem autoiu kai …… were struck. A third of the stars were darkened, a third of the …
Revelation 12:1… kai epi tau kefalau autau stefanos asteroiu dōdeka,… feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.
Revelation 12:4… ouras autou suratō tem tritem toiu asteroiu tou ouranou, kai balata autoin eis …… tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, hurling them to …