noun · neuter

astrem

Greekἄστρον (astron)

Strong’sG798

a star

stem astr-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

stars3×star1×

What it means

ἄστρον, -ου, τό,

[in LXX chiefly for כּוֹכָב;]

(a) mostly in pl. (as in cl.), the stars: Lk 21:25, Ac 27:20, He 11:12;

(b) in sing. (Xen., al.), only of some noted star; the symbol or image of a star, Ac 7:43 (cf. ἀστήρ, and v. MM, s.v.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G798 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidas'-tron

properly, a constellation; put for a single star (natural or artificial)

Fromneuter from G792;

King Jamesstar.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject or object direct	astrem	astreim1×ἄστρα
of, belonging to genitive	astreu	astreiu1×ἄστρων
to, for dative	astre	astrei1×ἄστροις

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

astrstem+egender+mu—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

astre 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

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

astreim“stars”subject or objectdirect plural1×

Hebrews 11:12“stars”dio kai apo henou gennila, kai houteim nekrirētou, kathōs teim astreim tou ouranou te plēthe kai hōs tas ammas tas para tem cheilem tau thalassau tas anarithmētas.And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

astreiu“stars”of, belonging togenitive plural1×

Acts 27:20“stars”mēte de hēliou mēte astreiu epifainarōteiu epi polloterain hēmerain, cheimōnou tē ouk oligou epikeierōtou, loipem periairite elpias pantas teu sōzirō nin.When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.

astrei“stars”to, fordative plural1×

Luke 21:25“stars”Kai eli sēmeim en hēlio kai selēna kai astrei, kai epi tau gēau sunochas ethneiu en aporia ēcheu thalassau kai salou,There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.

astrem1×

Acts 7:43“star”kai analambava tan skēnan tou Moloch kai tem astrem tou theou Raifan, toin tupoin hoin poiava proskunarō autoi. kai metoikizami vin epekeina Babulōnau.You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’