Occurrences
Kôwkâb occurs 37 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (5), Exodus (1), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (4), Judges (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (2), Job (5), Psalms (4), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (1), Daniel (2), Joel (2), Amos (1), Obadiah (1), Nahum (1)
- Genesis 1:16 — And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars (הַכּוֹכָבִֽים) also.
- Genesis 15:5 — And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars (הַכּ֣וֹכָבִ֔ים), if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
- Genesis 22:17 — That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars (כְּכוֹכְבֵ֣י) of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
- Genesis 26:4 — And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars (כְּכוֹכְבֵ֣י) of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
- Genesis 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 stars (כּֽוֹכָבִ֔ים) made obeisance to me.
- Exodus 32:13 — Remember 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 stars (כְּכוֹכְבֵ֖י) of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
- Numbers 24:17 — I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star (כּוֹכָ֜ב) 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.
- Deuteronomy 1:10 — The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars (כְּכוֹכְבֵ֥י) of heaven for multitude.
- Deuteronomy 4:19 — And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars (הַכּֽוֹכָבִ֗ים), 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.
- Deuteronomy 10:22 — Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars (כְּכוֹכְבֵ֥י) of heaven for multitude.
- Deuteronomy 28:62 — And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars (כְּכוֹכְבֵ֥י) of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.
- Judges 5:20 — They fought from heaven; the stars (הַכּֽוֹכָבִים֙) in their courses fought against Sisera.
- 1 Chronicles 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 stars (כְּכוֹכְבֵ֥י) of the heavens.
- Nehemiah 4:21 — So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars (הַכּוֹכָבִֽים) appeared.
- Nehemiah 9:23 — Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars (כְּכֹכְבֵ֖י) of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
- Job 3:9 — Let the stars (כּוֹכְבֵ֪י) of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
- Job 9:7 — Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars (כּוֹכָבִ֣ים).
- Job 22:12 — Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars (כּוֹכָבִ֣ים), how high they are!
- Job 25:5 — Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars (וְ֝כוֹכָבִ֗ים) are not pure in his sight.
- Job 38:7 — When the morning stars (כּ֣וֹכְבֵי) sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
- Psalms 8:3 — When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars (וְ֝כוֹכָבִ֗ים), which thou hast ordained;
- Psalms 136:9 — The moon and stars (וְ֭כוֹכָבִים) to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Psalms 147:4 — He telleth the number of the stars (לַכּוֹכָבִ֑ים); he calleth them all by their names.
- Psalms 148:3 — Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars (כּ֥וֹכְבֵי) of light.
- Ecclesiastes 12:2 — While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars (וְהַכּוֹכָבִ֑ים), be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
- Isaiah 13:10 — For the stars (כוֹכְבֵ֤י) 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.
- Isaiah 14:13 — For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars (לְכֽוֹכְבֵי) of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
- Isaiah 47:13 — Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers (בַּכּ֣וֹכָבִ֔ים), the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
- Jeremiah 31:35 — Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars (וְכוֹכָבִ֖ים) for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
- Ezekiel 32:7 — And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark (כֹּֽכְבֵיהֶ֑ם); I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
- Daniel 8:10 — And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars (הַכּוֹכָבִ֖ים) to the ground, and stamped upon them.
- Daniel 12:3 — And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars (כַּכּוֹכָבִ֖ים) for ever and ever.
- Joel 2:10 — The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars (וְכוֹכָבִ֖ים) shall withdraw their shining:
- Joel 3:15 — The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars (וְכוֹכָבִ֖ים) shall withdraw their shining.
- Amos 5:26 — But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star (כּוֹכַב֙) of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
- Obadiah 1:4 — Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars (כּֽוֹכָבִ֖ים), thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
- Nahum 3:16 — Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars (מִכּוֹכְבֵ֖י) of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.