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kōxāv כּוֹכָב ‘star’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: probably from the same as kabbōn כַּבּוֹן ‘Cabbon’ ( in the sense of rolling ) or kāwā כָּוָה ‘to burn’ (in the sense of blazing)
Roots: כבון כוה

kōxāv n, m
1) star
 1a) of Messiah, brothers, youth, numerous progeny, personification, God's omniscience (fig.)

Mentioned in Genesis 37:9, 22:17, 26:4, 1:16, 15:5 Exodus 32:13 Numbers 24:17 Deuteronomy 10:22, 1:10, 4:19, 28:62 Judges 5:20 Isaiah 13:10, 14:13, 47:13 Jeremiah 31:35 Ezekiel 32:7 Joel 2:10, 4:15 Amos 5:26 Obadiah 1:4 Nahum 3:16 Psalms 148:3, 8:4, 136:9, 147:4 Job 25:5, 3:9, 38:7, 22:12, 9:7 Ecclesiastes 12:2 Daniel 8:10, 12:3 Nehemiah 9:23, 4:15 1 Chronicles 27:23

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