# כּוֹכָב (kokhav) Israeli respelling: ko-khav. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H3556. 37 Old Testament occurrences. a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince King James renderings: star(-gazer). Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/kokhav-h3556 ## Occurrences - [Genesis 1:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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. - [Genesis 15:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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… - [Genesis 22:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 t… - [Genesis 26:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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… - [Genesis 37:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 moo… - [Exodus 32:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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… - [Numbers 24:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 Israe… - [Deuteronomy 1:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/1/10) — The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. - [Deuteronomy 4:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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, should… - [Deuteronomy 10:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 multit… - [Deuteronomy 28:62](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 L… - [Judges 5:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/5/20) — They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. - [1 Chronicles 27:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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… - [Nehemiah 4:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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. - [Nehemiah 9:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 th… - [Job 3:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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: - [Job 9:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/9/7) — Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars. - [Job 22:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/22/12) — Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! - [Job 25:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/25/5) — Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. - [Job 38:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/38/7) — When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? - [Psalms 8:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/8/3) — When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; - [Psalms 136:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/136/9) — The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever. - [Psalms 147:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/147/4) — He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. - [Psalms 148:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/148/3) — Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. - [Ecclesiastes 12:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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: - [Isaiah 13:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 mo… - [Isaiah 14:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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… - [Isaiah 47:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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… - [Jeremiah 31:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 d… - [Ezekiel 32:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 sh… - [Daniel 8:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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. - [Daniel 12:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 ev… - [Joel 2:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 shinin… - [Joel 3:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joel/3/15) — The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. - [Amos 5:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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. - [Obadiah 1:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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. - [Nahum 3:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nahum/3/16) — Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away.