Topic
Stars
43 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
These works date from 1896–1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Numbers 24:17Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE — Of the deliverer
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star 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 4:19Easton · Nave Worship of, forbidden
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, 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…
- 2 Kings 17:16Easton · Nave Worshiped
And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
- 2 Kings 21:3Easton · Nave Worshiped
For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
- Jeremiah 19:13Easton · Nave Worshiped
And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.
- Amos 5:8Easton · Nave Created by God
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
- Jude 1:1Easton · Nave Comets
Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
- Revelation 1:16Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE — Seven stars of the seven congregations
And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
- Revelation 1:20Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE — Seven stars of the seven congregations
The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
- Revelation 12:1Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE — Crown of twelve stars
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
- Genesis 1:16Nave Created by God
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 also.
- Genesis 37:9Easton
¶ 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 made obeisance to me.
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- 2 Kings 23:5 Nave Worshiped
- Job 9:7 Nave Darkening of
- Job 9:9 Nave Orion
- Job 26:13 Nave Created by God
- Job 38:7 Nave The Morning Star
- Psalms 8:3 Nave Created by God
- Psalms 33:6 Nave Created by God
- Psalms 136:7 Nave Created by God
- Psalms 136:9 Nave Created by God
- Ecclesiastes 12:2 Nave Darkening of
- Isaiah 13:10 Nave Constellations of
- Isaiah 34:4 Nave Darkening of
- Daniel 8:10 Nave Falling of
- Joel 2:10 Nave Darkening of
- Joel 3:15 Nave Darkening of
- Amos 5:26 Nave Worshiped
- Zephaniah 1:5 Nave Worshiped
- Matthew 2:2–10 Easton
- Matthew 24:29 Nave Falling of
- Mark 13:25 Nave Falling of
- Acts 7:42 Nave Worshiped
- Acts 7:43 Nave Worshiped
- 1 Corinthians 15:41 Nave Differ in splendor
- Revelation 2:28 Nave The Morning Star
- Revelation 6:13 Nave Falling of
- Revelation 8:10 Nave Falling of
- Revelation 8:11 Nave Darkening of
- Revelation 8:12 Nave Darkening of
- Revelation 9:1 Nave Falling of
- Revelation 12:4 Nave Falling of
- Revelation 22:16 Nave The Morning Star
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 12 references
The eleven stars (Gen. 37:9); the seven (Amos 5:8); wandering (Jude 1:13); seen in the east at the birth of Christ, probably some luminous meteors miraculously formed for this specific purpose (Matt. 2:2-10); stars worshipped (Deut. 4:19; 2 Kings 17:16; 21:3; Jer. 19:13); spoken of symbolically (Num. 24:17; Rev. 1:16, 20; 12:1). (See ASTROLOGERS.)
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 45 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Created by God Ge 1:16; Job 26:13; Ps 8:3; 33:6; 136:7,9; Am 5:8
- → Differ in splendor 1Co 15:41
- → Worship of, forbidden De 4:19
- → Worshiped 2Ki 17:16; 21:3; 23:5; Jer 19:13; Am 5:26; Zep 1:5; Ac 7:42,43
- → Constellations of Isa 13:10
- → Orion Job 9:9; Am 5:8
- → Serpent Job 26:13
- → Planets 2Ki 23:5
- → The Morning Star Job 38:7; Re 2:28; 22:16
- → The moon
- See MOON
- → Darkening of Job 9:7; Ec 12:2; Isa 13:10; 34:4; Joe 2:10; 3:15; Re 8:11,12
- → Comets Jude 1:13
- → Falling of Da 8:10; Mt 24:29; Mr 13:25; Re 6:13; 8:10; 9:1; 12:4
- → FIGURATIVE
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.