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ἀστήρ

Third declension Noun; Masculine 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀστήρ ἀστέρος

Structure: ἀστηρ (Stem)

Etym.: 어근은 STER, a being euphon. , cf. Lat. stella, i. e. sterula.

Sense

  1. a celestial body (star, planet, and other lights in the sky such as meteors.
  2. illustrious person
  3. starfish
  4. a type of songbird

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸσ τοὺσ δύο φωστῆρασ τοὺσ μεγάλουσ, τὸν φωστῆρα τὸν μέγαν εἰσ ἀρχὰσ τῆσ ἡμέρασ καὶ τὸν φωστῆρα τὸν ἐλάσσω εἰσ ἀρχὰσ τῆσ νυκτόσ, καὶ τοὺσ ἀστέρασ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:16)
  • ἐξήγαγε δὲ αὐτὸν ἔξω καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ. ἀνάβλεψον δὴ εἰσ τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ ἀρίθμησον τοὺσ ἀστέρασ, εἰ δυνήσῃ ἐξαριθμῆσαι αὐτούσ. καὶ εἶπεν. οὕτωσ ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα σου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 15:5)
  • ἦ μὴν εὐλογῶν εὐλογήσω σε, καὶ πληθύνων πληθυνῶ τὸ σπέρμα σου, ὡσ τοὺσ ἀστέρασ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ὡσ τὴν ἄμμον τὴν παρὰ τὸ χεῖλοσ τῆσ θαλάσσησ, καὶ κληρονομήσει τὸ σπέρμα σου τὰσ πόλεισ τῶν ὑπεναντίων. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 22:17)
  • καὶ πληθυνῶ τὸ σπέρμα σου ὡσ τοὺσ ἀστέρασ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ δώσω τῷ σπέρματί σου πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ταύτην, καὶ εὐλογηθήσονται ἐν τῷ σπέρματί σου πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τῆσ γῆσ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 26:4)
  • καὶ μὴ ἀναβλέψασ εἰσ τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ ἰδὼν τὸν ἥλιον καὶ τὴν σελήνην καὶ τοὺσ ἀστέρασ καὶ πάντα τὸν κόσμον τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, πλανηθεὶσ προσκυνήσῃσ αὐτοῖσ καὶ λατρεύσῃσ αὐτοῖσ, ἃ ἀπένειμε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ σου αὐτὰ πᾶσι τοῖσ ἔθνεσι τοῖσ ὑποκάτω τοῦ οὐρανοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 4:19)

Synonyms

  1. illustrious person

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