ἀστήρ, -έρος, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for כּוֹכָב;]
a star: Mt 2:2, 7, 9, 10, Mk 13:25, I Co 15:41, Re 6:138:10, 11, 129:112:1, 4; metaph., ὁ ἀ. ὁ πρωϊνόςRe 2:2822:16; ἀ. πλαῆται, Ju 13; ἀ. ἑπτά, symbolizing the angels of the seven churches, Re 1:16, 202:13:1 (cf. ἄστρον, and v. DCG, ii, 674 f.; MM, s.v.).†