Easton's Bible Dictionary
A cluster of stars, or stars which appear to be near each other in the heavens, and which astronomers have reduced to certain figures (as the "Great Bear, " the "Bull, " etc.) for the sake of classification and of memory. In Isaiah 13:10, where this word only occurs, it is the rendering of the Hebrew kesil, i.e., "fool." This was the Hebrew name of the constellation Orion (
Job 9:9;
38:31), a constellation which represented Nimrod, the symbol of folly and impiety. The word some interpret by "the giant" in this place, "some heaven-daring rebel who was chained to the sky for his impiety."
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) A cluster or group of fixed stars, usually designated by the name of some animal or mythological personage, within whose imaginary outline, as traced upon the heavens, the group is included.
2. (n.) An assemblage of splendors or excellences.
3. (n.) Fortune; fate; destiny.
Strong's Hebrew
4216. mazzaroth -- perhaps a constellation... << 4215, 4216. mazzaroth. 4217 >>. perhaps a
constellation. Transliteration: mazzaroth
Phonetic Spelling: (maz-zaw-raw') Short Definition:
constellation.
... /hebrew/4216.htm - 6k 3685. Kesil -- a heavenly constellation
... << 3684, 3685. Kesil. 3686 >>. a heavenly constellation. Transliteration: Kesil
Phonetic Spelling: (kes-eel') Short Definition: Orion. ... constellation, Orion. ...
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5906. Ayish -- (a constellation) perhaps Great Bear
... << 5905, 5906. Ayish or Ash. 5907 >>. (a constellation) perhaps Great Bear.
Transliteration: Ayish or Ash Phonetic Spelling: (ah'-yish) Short Definition: bear. ...
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4208. mazzaloth -- constellations, perhaps signs of the zodiac
... planet. Apparently from nazal in the sense of raining; a constellation, ie Zodiacal
sign (perhaps as affecting the weather) -- planet. Compare mazzarah. ...
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3882. Livyathan -- "serpent," a sea monster or dragon
... From lavah; a wreathed animal, ie A serpent (especially the crocodile or some other
large sea- monster); figuratively, the constellation of the dragon; also as ...
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1281. bariach -- fleeing
... Or (shortened) bariach {baw-ree'-akh}; from barach; a fugitive, ie The serpent
(as fleeing), and the constellation by that name -- crooked, noble, piercing. ...
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