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Kokhav (כוכב) means star in Hebrew.

It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

כּוֹכָב
kokhav
noun · masculine
In English

star

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with כ

The dictionary gives 5 meanings for Kokhav.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    אסטרונומיהשמש; גוף כדורי סופר־מסיבי של חומר (פלזמה) בחלל החיצון הניכר במידת הארתו על גבי רקיע השמים בשעות הלילה
    וַיּוֹצֵא אֹתוֹ הַחוּצָה, וַיֹּאמֶר – הַבֶּט־נָא הַשָּׁמַיְמָה וּסְפֹר הַכּוֹכָבִים, אִם־תּוּכַל לִסְפֹּר אֹתָם; וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ, כֹּה יִהְיֶה זַרְעֶךָ.
  2. 2
    לא בשימושכוכב הלכת הקרוב ביותר לשמש במערכת השמש שבה אנו חיים.
  3. 3
    בהשאלהמצולע קעור עם מספר בליטות מחודדות, לרוב בעל חמש בליטות (★).
  4. 4
    בהשאלהמדד סמלי כמותי לאיכות.
  5. 5
    אדם מצליח ומפורסם, לרוב מתחום הבידור.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Kokhav is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
כּוֹכָב
Written without vowel points
כוכב
Said
kokhav
Root
כ־כ־ב
Pattern
קוֹטָל
Plural
כּוֹכָבִים
Feminine form
כּוֹכֶבֶת
Inflections
כּוֹכַב־;נ' כּוֹכֶבֶת; ר' כּוֹכָבִים, ר' כּוֹכְבֵי־
Gematria
48

This is how Kokhav is said in other languages.

English
star
Arabic
كوكب, نجمة
Russian
звезда
French
étoile, astre
Spanish
estrella
German
Stern
Yiddish
שטערן

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These words rhyme with Kokhav.

The word Kokhav is part of these phrases and sayings.

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The word Kokhav comes from the root כ־כ־ב, like these words.

These words come before and after Kokhav in the dictionary.

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What does Kokhav (⁨כוכב⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Kokhav (⁨כוכב⁩) means star. It is said kokhav, with the stress on khav.

What is a synonym for Kokhav (⁨כוכב⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Kokhav (⁨כוכב⁩) are ⁨כוכב שבת⁩, ⁨שמש⁩, ⁨כוכב חמה⁩, ⁨חמה⁩, ⁨מרקורי⁩, and ⁨ידוען⁩.

What rhymes with Kokhav (⁨כוכב⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Kokhav (⁨כוכב⁩) include ⁨רב⁩, ⁨חלב⁩, ⁨מצב⁩, ⁨קו⁩, ⁨אב⁩, and ⁨מרחב⁩.

Is Kokhav (⁨כוכב⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Kokhav (⁨כוכב⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨כּוֹכָבִים⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry כוכב of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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