Probably from the same as H3522 (in the sense of rolling) or H3554 (in the sense of blazing); a star (as round or as shining); figuratively a prince: - star ([-gazer]).
A primitive root; properly to keep in; hence to measure; figuratively to maintain (in various senses): - (be able {to} can) {abide} {bear} {comprehend} {contain} {feed} {forbearing} {guide} hold (-ing {in}) nourish ({-er}) be {present} make {provision} {receive} {sustain} provide sustenance (victuals).
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Gen 1:16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the starsH3556 also. ▼
Gen 15:5And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the starsH3556, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Gen 22:17That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the starsH3556 of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; ▼
Gen 26:4And I will make thy seed to multiply as the starsH3556 of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Gen 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 moon and the eleven starsH3556 made obeisance to me.
Exo 32:13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the starsH3556 of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
Num 24:17I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a StarH3556 out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. ▼
Deu 4:19And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the starsH3556, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. ▼
Deu 10:22Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the starsH3556 of heaven for multitude.
Deu 28:62And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the starsH3556 of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.
1Ch 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 starsH3556 of the heavens.
Neh 9:23Their children also multipliedst thou as the starsH3556 of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
Isa 13:10For the starsH3556 of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
Isa 14:13For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the starsH3556 of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
Isa 47:13Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazersH3556, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee. ▼▼
Jer 31:35¶ Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the starsH3556 for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
Eze 32:7And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the starsH3556 thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. ▼
Dan 8:10And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the starsH3556 to the ground, and stamped upon them. ▼
Dan 12:3And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the starsH3556 for ever and ever. ▼
Joe 2:10The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the starsH3556 shall withdraw their shining: