STRONGS NUMBER H3556

H3556. kokab

כּוֺכָב‎ noun masculine^{Genesis 15:5} star (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כּוֺכַבְתָּא כּוֺכְבָא,‎ , , feminine form specifically of planet Venus, see also We^{Skizzen iii. 36, 38}; Arabic Generally of single stars and probably Aramaic loan-word, We^{Skizzen iii. 173}; Ethiopic ; probably for *כבכב‎ see Mahri kubkob, kobkib, etc., Maltzan^{ZMG 1873, 227 and} Assyrian kakkabu Dl^{HWB 336}; Punic κακαβουμ (Dioscorides), name of a plant, probably from shape of seed-cup, Blau^{ZMG xxvii, 1873, 529}; on formation compare Nö^{M § 109} Ba^{NB § 138. 1}) — ׳כ‎ absolute Numbers 24:17; construct כּוֺכַב‎ Amos 5:26; plural כּוֺכָבִים‎ Genesis 1:16 19t.; construct כּוֺכְבֵי‎ (כֹּכְבֵי‎) 22:17 13t.; כֹּכְבֵיהֶם‎ Ezekiel 32:7; — singular only ׳כ אֱלֹהֵיכֶם‎ Amos 5:26 (where, however, ׳כ‎ is probably a gloss, so GFM Dec. 19, 1890, and now We; see further כִּיּוּן‎); and ׳כ מִיַּעֲקֹב‎ Numbers 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 ׳הַחֹזִים‎ Isaiah 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 כּוֺכְבֵי‎ Job 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 We^{Skizzen iii. 173 f}.