What does "Stars" mean in the Bible?

What does the Bible say about Stars?

STARS. Under the name of stars the Hebrews comprehended constellations, planets, and heavenly bodies - indeed, all luminaries except the sun and moon. The Psalmist, to exalt the power and omniscience of God, Ps 147:4, describes him taking a review of the stars as a king takes a survey of his army and knows the name of every one of his soldiers. To express a very extraordinary increase and multiplication, the sacred writers use the similitude of the stars of heaven or of the sands of the sea. Gen 15:5; Gen 22:17; Gen 26:4; Ex 32:13, etc. No part of the visible creation exhibits the glory of the Creator more illustriously than do the starry heavens. Ps 19:1. When we seriously contemplate the moon and stars, the work of the fingers of God, we cannot but be astonished that he should condescend to pay any attention to man. Ps 8:3. The celebrated philosopher Kant declared: "Two things fill my mind with evergrowing reverence and awe - the starry heavens above me, and the moral law within me." Stars are sometimes symbolically put for rulers and princes, Dan 8:10; sometimes, also, for pastors and ministers. Rev 1:16, Ruth 4:20. The angels, too, appear to be intended by the term, Job 38:7, and sometimes it points prophetically to the Lord of angels. Num 24:17. Jesus Christ is called the "Morning Star," Rev 22:16, as he introduced the light of the gospel day and made a fuller manifestation of the truths of God than the prophets, whose predictions are now accomplished.

What is the Hebrew word for Stars?

Where does Stars appear in the Bible?

Stars is referenced in 47 verses across 21 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.

• 1 Chronicles 27:23
• 1 Corinthians 15:41
• Daniel 8:10
• Daniel 12:3
• Deuteronomy 1:10
• Deuteronomy 4:19
• Deuteronomy 10:22
• Deuteronomy 28:62
• Ecclesiastes 12:2
• Exodus 32:13
• Ezekiel 32:7
• Genesis 1:16
• Genesis 15:5
• Genesis 22:17
• Genesis 26:4
• Genesis 37:9
• Isaiah 13:10
• Isaiah 14:13
• Isaiah 47:13
• Judges 5:20
• Jeremiah 31:35
• Job 3:9
• Job 9:7
• Job 22:12

What else appears in these passages?

These turn up in the same passages as Stars.