What does כּוֹכָב · שָׁמַיִם mean in the Bible?
כּוֹכָב · שָׁמַיִם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "stars of the heavens; image of innumerable covenant offspring".
Hebrew · H3556, H8064
כְּכוֹכְבֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם
A star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince · the sky (as aloft ; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
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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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שָׁמַיִם H8064 the sky (as aloft ; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
Pronunciation šāmayim
The visible sky-dome and transcendent realm above, unified in dual form; God's dwelling and cosmic order combined
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What does כְּכוֹכְבֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם (kekhokhvei hashamayim) mean in the Bible?
כּוֹכָב · שָׁמַיִם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "stars of the heavens; image of innumerable covenant offspring".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H3556, H8064?
H3556, H8064 is connected to 458 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. stars of the heavens; image of innumerable covenant offspring
Strong's H3556, H8064
Lexical occurrences 458 verses Source Gloss
stars of the heavens; image of innumerable covenant offspring
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
כְּכוֹכְבֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם is built from these roots:
כַּבּוֹן H3522
כָּוָה H3554
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