Gen 1:16 KJB - And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
2Ki_23:5 KJB - And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
Gen. 1:16 "stars" are "the planets" in the Local Sol system, that reflect the light of the Sun (greater light), thus acting as 'stars'.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary:
"Star (n.)
1. An apparently small luminous body in the heavens, that appears in the night, or when its light is not obscured by clouds or lost in the brighter effulgence of the sun.
Stars are fixed or planetary. The fixed stars are known by their perpetual twinkling, and by their being always in the same position in relation to each other.
The planets do not twinkle, and they revolve about the sun. The stars are worlds, and their immense numbers exhibit the astonishing extent of creation and of divine power. ..." -
Websters Dictionary 1828 - Webster's Dictionary 1828 - Star
Etymology Online:
"star (n.)
"
celestial body appearing as a luminous point," Middle English
sterre, from Old English
steorra "star," from Proto-Germanic
*sternan- (source also of Old Saxon
sterro, Old Frisian
stera, Dutch
ster, Old High German
sterro, German
Stern, Old Norse
stjarna, Swedish
stjerna, Danish
stierne, Gothic
stairno). This is from PIE root
*ster- (2) "star."
Used originally of the apparently fixed celestial bodies, which is the restricted modern sense. But
it also was used of planets and comets, as preserved in
falling star (late 15c.) "meteor;" ..." -
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