Easton's Bible Dictionary: M. G. Easton, M.A., D.D.
The eleven stars (Gen. 37:9); the seven (Amos 5:8); wandering (Jude 1:13); seen in the east at the birth of Christ, probably some luminous meteors miraculously formed for this specific purpose (Mt. 2:2-10); stars worshipped (Dt. 4:19; 2 Ki. 17:16, 21:3; Jer. 19:13); spoken of symbolically (Num. 24:17; Rev. 1:16, 20, 12:1).