Kokhav כּוֹכָב

Kokhav (Hebrew כּוֹכָב, Strong's H3556) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “star”. It occurs 37 times in 37 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Kokhav, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 1:16
  And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.
• Genesis 15:5
  And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
• Genesis 22:17
  That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
• Genesis 26:4
  And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,
• Genesis 37:9
  And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

Exodus

• Exodus 32:13
  Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’”

Numbers

• Numbers 24:17
  I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 1:10
  The Lord your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.
• Deuteronomy 4:19
  And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
• Deuteronomy 10:22
  Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the Lord thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.
• Deuteronomy 28:62
  And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the Lord thy God.You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.

Judges

• Judges 5:20
  They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 27:23
  But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the Lord had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 4:21
  So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.So we continued the work, while half of the men held spears from the break of dawn until the stars came out.
• Nehemiah 9:23
  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.You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess.

Job

• Job 3:9
  Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
• Job 9:7
  Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.
• Job 22:12
  Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
• Job 25:5
  Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight,
• Job 38:7
  When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Psalms

• Psalm 8:3
  When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
• Psalm 136:9
  The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.the moon and stars to govern the night. His loving devotion endures forever.
• Psalm 147:4
  He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name.
• Psalm 148:3
  Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 12:2
  While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,

Isaiah

• Isaiah 13:10
  For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
• Isaiah 14:13
  For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.
• Isaiah 47:13
  Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you— your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 31:35
  Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name:Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 32:7
  And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.

Daniel

• Daniel 8:10
  And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.It grew as high as the host of heaven, and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the earth, and trampled them.
• Daniel 12:3
  And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.

Joel

• Joel 2:10
  The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
• Joel 3:15
  The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.

Amos

• Amos 5:26
  But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.You have taken along Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, the idols you made for yourselves.

Obadiah

• Obadiah 1:4
  Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.

Nahum

• Nahum 3:16
  Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).