KJV dictionary & concordance
A named constellation or star-group.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Job 9:9
Complete exact-word concordance
Which maketh Arcturus, orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
Which maketh Arcturus, Orion and Pleiades, and the chambers of the South.
1611 marginal noteHeb. Ash, Cesil, and Cimah.
1611 marginal noteAmos 5.8. iob. 38.31. &c.
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of orion?
Canst thou bind the sweete influences of Pleiades? or loose the bands of Orion?
1611 marginal noteOr, the seuen-starres. Heb. Cimah.
1611 marginal noteHeb. Cesil.
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:
Seeke him that maketh the seuen starres and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day darke with night: that calleth for the waters of the Sea, and powreth them out vpon the face of the earth: the LORD is his Name.
1611 marginal noteIob.9.9. and 38.31.
1611 marginal noteChap.9.6.
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Historical English dictionary sources
[Gr. unfortunately accented by the poets on the second syllable.] A constellation in the southern hemisphere, containing seventy eight stars.
