Stars

Stars [EBD]

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.)

Stars [NAVE]

STARS
Created by God, Gen. 1:16; Job 26:13; Psa. 8:3; 33:6; 136:7, 9; Amos 5:8.
Differ in splendor, 1 Cor. 15:41.
Worship of, forbidden, Deut. 4:19.
Worshiped, 2 Kin. 17:16; 21:3; 23:5; Jer. 19:13; Amos 5:26; Zeph. 1:5; Acts 7:42, 43.
Constellations of, Isa. 13:10; Orion, Job 9:9; Amos 5:8; serpent, Job 26:13.
Constellations, 2 Kin. 23:5; the morning star, Job 38:7; Rev. 2:28; 22:16.
Darkening of, Job 9:7; Eccl. 12:2; Isa. 13:10; 34:4; Joel 2:10; 3:15; Rev. 8:11, 12.
Comets, Jude 13.
Falling of, Dan. 8:10; Matt. 24:29; Mark 13:25; Rev. 6:13; 8:10; 9:1; 12:4.
Guides the wise men, Matt. 2:2, 7, 9, 10.
Figurative
Of the deliverer, Num. 24:17.
Seven stars of the seven churches, Rev. 1:16, 20.
Crown of twelve stars, Rev. 12:1.
Of Jesus, Rev. 22:16.

ELEVEN; STARS [ISBE]

ELEVEN; STARS - e-lev'-'-n.

See ASTRONOMY.

STAR; STARS [ISBE]

STAR; STARS - star, starz.

See ASTRONOMY, sec. I, 6.