What does כּוֹכָב · אֵל mean in the Bible?
כּוֹכָב · אֵל is a Hebrew phrase meaning "stars of God".
Hebrew · H3556, H410
כּוֹכְבֵי־אֵל
A star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince · strength ; as adjective, mighty ; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity )
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כּוֹכָב H3556 a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince
Pronunciation kwōkāb
Star's roundness and brilliance enable its figurative extension to princely power and authority
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אֵל H410 strength ; as adjective, mighty ; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity )
What does כּוֹכְבֵי־אֵל (kôḵĕḇê-ʾēl) mean in the Bible?
כּוֹכָב · אֵל is a Hebrew phrase meaning "stars of God".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H3556, H410?
H3556, H410 is connected to 282 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. stars of God
Strong's H3556, H410
Lexical occurrences 282 verses Source Gloss
stars of God
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
כּוֹכְבֵי־אֵל is built from these roots:
כַּבּוֹן H3522
כָּוָה H3554
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
G1664 LXX equivalent Greek
ἠλί ēlí G2241 LXX equivalent Greek
my God
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain