כּוֹכָב
kôk̲āb̲

Hebrew noun

Last edited: 2025-05-11
Primary meaning star
Literal translation star
Variants
כּוֹכָב kôk̲āb̲
Edited by
star celestial object

הָאֹמֵ֣ר לַ֭חֶרֶס וְלֹ֣א יִזְרָ֑ח וּבְעַ֖ד כּוֹכָבִ֣ים יַחְתֹּֽם׃

hāʾōmēr laḥeres wəlōʾ yizrāḥ ûb̲əʿad̲ kôk̲āb̲îm yaḥtōm.

‘Who commands the sun not to shine; Who seals up the stars;’

— Job 9 7

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). כּוֹכָב (Lemma #1950). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1950/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). כּוֹכָב (Lemma #1950). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1950/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). כּוֹכָב (Lemma #1950). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1950/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) כּוֹכָב (Lemma #1950), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1950/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1950,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {כּוֹכָב ({Lemma} #1950)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1950/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1950/},
}