star
aster denotes celestial lights, including a guiding star, heavenly bodies in visions, and figurative star imagery.
The term most often denotes celestial lights, whether observed as a single guiding light, counted among the sun and moon, or depicted falling or darkened in heavenly scenes. A smaller group of passages uses star imagery for wandering figures, angels of assemblies, and the “morning star.”
Senses in use
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Celestial lights in narrative and heavenly scenes · dominant
The singular nominative form in Matthew 2:9 is the subject of the clause that goes ahead of the travelers and stops over the place where the child was; the APB renders this as “the star.” Plural forms name lights distinguished in glory in 1 Corinthians 15:41, falling from heaven in Mark 13:25 and Revelation 6:13, and struck alongside the sun and moon in Revelation 8:12.
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Figurative and designated star imagery · occasional
In Jude 1:13, the nominative plural occurs in the comparison “wandering stars.” Revelation 1:20 explicitly identifies the seven stars with angels of the seven assemblies, while the singular nominative in Revelation 22:16 occurs in the designation “bright morning star”; Revelation 2:28 likewise speaks of giving “the morning star.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB regularly presents the term with “star” or “stars,” including “wandering stars,” “seven stars,” and “morning star.” These English expressions reflect the verse-level scenes and designations, not a word-by-word alignment.