כּוֹכָב, (b. h.; = כבכב, v. כבב) [rounded, globe,] star, planet. Y. Ber. I, 2ᵇ כ׳ אחד ודאי יום as long as one star only is visible, it is surely day-time. Hor. 10ᵃ כ׳ אחד יש ועולה וכ׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) there is a certain star (comet) which appears once in seventy years. Gen. R. s. 100 עשרה כוכבים בקשו לאבד כ׳ אחד ten stars (sons of Jacob) desired to destroy one star (Joseph); a. fr.—Pl. כּוֹכָבִים, כֹּכָ׳. Ib.—Ber. 10ᵃ כ׳ ומזלות stars and planets; a. fr.—עובד כ׳, עובד כ׳ ומזלות (abbr. עו"כ, עכו"ם), עבודת כ׳, v. עָבַד, עֲבוֹדָה. Succ. 22ᵇ; Y. ib. II, beg. 22ᵈ כּוֹכְבֵי חמה scintillations of the sun as seen through the covering of the festive booth. Yalk. Esth. 1053 כ׳ חנגה, v. next w.