כּוֹכָב
kôkāb
star
Strong's H3556NounHebrewTWOT 942aCreation

כּוֹכָב (kôkāb) is a Hebrew noun meaning star. It appears 37 times in 18 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3556).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 942a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 942a)star; prince; stargazer
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

כּוֹכָב noun, masculine: star

Strong's H3556 כּוֹכָב: a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince
KJV:star(-gazer).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 942: כבב kbb — roll threads into a ball, ball, troop, band, star, round, clusters, constellations, burn, shields

See it in Scripture

Genesis 1:16Exodus 32:13Numbers 24:17

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