ἀστήρ

Matthew 2:2 ἀστέρα star

asking, “Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”

Here: Any shining body in the sky: a fixed star, a planet (a 'wandering star'), a comet or a meteor. The word alone does not tell us which.

Matthew 2:7 ἀστέρος, star,

Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.

Here: The sign the magi saw 'at its rising' (v. 2). In ancient usage the word covered any point of light in the sky: star, planet, comet or meteor.

Matthew 2:9 ἀστὴρ star

After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stood over the place where the Child was.

Here: Any bright point of light in the sky: a fixed star, a planet (a 'wandering star'), a comet or a meteor. Here it is 'his star' (2:2), a sign tied to the newborn king.

Matthew 2:10 ἀστέρα star

When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great delight.

Here: The same sign they first saw 'at its rising' (2:2). In ancient usage the word covered any point of light in the sky: fixed stars, planets, comets, meteors.

Matthew 24:29 ἀστέρες stars

Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’

Here: The lights set in the sky. In Israel's scriptures and the wider ancient world they were closely tied to heavenly beings (the "host of heaven") and to the gods of the nations.

Mark 13:25 ἀστέρες stars

the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’

1 Corinthians 15:41 ἀστέρων· ἀστὴρ ἀστέρος of [the] stars;, star, from star

The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.

Jude 1:13 ἀστέρες stars

They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.

Here: Any light in the sky. In Jewish tradition, stars were often linked with angels (Job 38:7; 1 Enoch).

Revelation 1:16 ἀστέρας stars

He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

Here: Stars. Verse 20 explains them as 'the angels of the seven churches'. In the ancient world stars were linked with heavenly beings and with rule over the cosmos.

Revelation 1:20 ἀστέρων ἀστέρες stars

This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

Here: The stars John saw in the risen Christ's right hand (1:16). In Jewish imagery stars often stand for heavenly beings.

Revelation 2:1 ἀστέρας stars

“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.

Here: Stars, which 1:20 identifies as the 'angels' of the seven churches. In Jewish tradition stars often stood for heavenly beings.

Revelation 2:28 ἀστέρα star

And I will give him the morning star.

Here: Any bright body in the night sky, planets included. Here it means the planet Venus. In Revelation stars are never just decoration. They stand for heavenly beings, rulers, and in the end for the Messiah himself (22:16).

Revelation 3:1 ἀστέρας· stars;

“To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead.

Here: 1:20 identifies the stars as "the angels of the seven churches". The Sardis church's own "angel" is in Christ's hand.

Revelation 6:13 ἀστέρες stars

and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind.

Here: The points of light in the sky. To ancient hearers these were lights set in the dome of heaven, often linked with heavenly powers. They were not distant suns.

Revelation 8:10 ἀστὴρ a star

Then the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

Here: Any bright point of light in the sky: star, planet or meteor. In apocalyptic writing stars often stand for angelic beings (Rev 1:20; 9:1), which leaves open whether this is a heavenly body, a heavenly being, or both.

Revelation 8:11 ἀστέρος star

The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter like wormwood oil, and many people died from the bitter waters.

Here: Any shining body in the sky, including a meteor. Verse 10 calls it "great" and "burning like a torch". In Revelation, stars also stand for angelic beings (1:20; 9:1).

Revelation 8:12 ἀστέρων stars

Then the fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun and moon and stars were struck. A third of the stars were darkened, a third of the day was without light, and a third of the night as well.

Here: The lights set in the sky. In Revelation, stars can also stand for heavenly beings (1:20; 9:1; 12:4), so to an ancient listener this was more than astronomy.

Revelation 9:1 ἀστέρα a star

Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.

Here: In Jewish apocalyptic writing, and in Revelation itself (1:20), a star stands for a heavenly being. This star acts: it receives a key and opens the shaft (9:2). So it is a person, not a meteor.

Revelation 12:1 ἀστέρων of stars

And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.

Here: 'Of stars'. Her wreath is made of stars. In Revelation stars can stand for angels or communities (1:20), and in Joseph's dream they stand for the sons of Israel.

Revelation 12:4 ἀστέρων stars

His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, hurling them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth.

Here: 'Stars'. In this vision they are the lights of the sky, but in Jewish imagery stars could stand for angels (Rev 1:20; 1 Enoch 86) or for God's faithful people (Dan 8:10; 12:3). The verse does not say which; see Debates.

Revelation 22:16 ἀστὴρ star

“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”

Here: Recalls the 'star out of Jacob' of Numbers 24:17, which Jews of the time read as a prophecy of the Messiah.