STRONGS NUMBER H3556


Word Summary
kokab: a star
Original Word: כּוֹכָב
Transliteration: kokab
Phonetic Spelling: (ko-kawb')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a star
Meaning: a star, a prince
Strong's Concordance
star, stargazer

Probably from the same as Kabbown (in the sense of rolling) or kavah (in the sense of blazing); a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince -- star((-gazer)).

see HEBREW Kabbown

see HEBREW kavah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H3556. kokab

כּוֺכָבnoun masculineGenesis 15:5 star (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כּוֺכַבְתָּא כּוֺכְבָא,‎ , , feminine form specifically of planet Venus, see also WeSkizzen iii. 36, 38; Arabic Generally of single stars and probably Aramaic loan-word, WeSkizzen iii. 173; Ethiopic ; probably for *כבכב‎ see Mahri kubkob, kobkib, etc., MaltzanZMG 1873, 227 and Assyrian kakkabu DlHWB 336; Punic κακαβουμ (Dioscorides), name of a plant, probably from shape of seed-cup, BlauZMG xxvii, 1873, 529; on formation compare NöM § 109 BaNB § 138. 1) — ׳כ‎ absolute Numbers 24:17; construct כּוֺכַבAmos 5:26; plural כּוֺכָבִיםGenesis 1:16 19t.; construct כּוֺכְבֵי‎ (כֹּכְבֵי‎) 22:17 13t.; כֹּכְבֵיהֶםEzekiel 32:7; — singular only ׳כ אֱלֹהֵיכֶםAmos 5:26 (where, however, ׳כ‎ is probably a gloss, so GFM Dec. 19, 1890, and now We; see further כִּיּוּן‎); and ׳כ מִיַּעֲקֹבNumbers 24:12 (J E; "" בישׂראל שֵׁבֶט‎, metaphor of future ruler); elsewhere plural stars, "" sun and moon (compare also below) Genesis 1:16 (P) Psalm 136:9 (to rule the night, compare Genesis 1:16), Jeremiah 31:35; Genesis 37:9 (E), Joseph's dream (כ עָשָׂר ׳אַחַד‎ = 11 brethren); Deuteronomy 4:19 object of idolatrous worship (compare below); observed in augury בַּכּ ׳הַחֹזִיםIsaiah 47:13 (of Babylon); Ecclesiastes 12:2 ("" (also) light; figurative of brightness of youth); "" sun Job 9:7; "" moon Psalm 8:4; sign of evening Nehemiah 4:15 (הַכּ צֵאת עַד הַשַּׁחַר ׳מֵעֲלוֺת‎) compare נִשְׁכּוֺ כּוֺכְבֵיJob 3:9 (apparently sign of dawn); numbered by God Psalm 147:4; simile of abundant posterity, Genesis 15:5; 22:17; 26:4; Exodus 32:13 (all J E); of Israel Deuteronomy 1:10; 10:22; 28:62; 1 Chronicles 27:32; Nehemiah 9:23; of number of merchants of Nineveh Nahum 3:16; as lofty, Job 22:12; so in figure of haughty nations Obadiah 4; Isaiah 14:13; compare symbolic vision of Daniel ("" הַשָּׁמַיִם צְבָא צָבָא,‎) Daniel 8:10; simile of brightness of righteous 12:3; not pure (זַכּוּ‎) before God Job 25:5 ("" moon); darkened in Yahweh's judgment Joel 2:10; Joel 4:15; Ezekiel 32:7 ("" sun and moon; so) Isaiah 13:10 ("" also כְּסִילֵיהֶם‎); personified: as fighting Judges 5:20; shouting Job 38:7 (בֹקֶר כּוֺכְבֵי בְּרָןיַֿחַד‎, "" אֱלֹחִים בְּנֵי‎); praising Psalm 148:3 (אוֺר כּוֺכְבֵי‎, "" sun and moon). — On stars in Arabic mythology see WeSkizzen iii. 173 f.