Lexicon mazzaroth: perhaps a constellation Original Word: מַזָּרוֹתPart of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: mazzaroth Phonetic Spelling: (maz-zaw-raw') Short Definition: constellation NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain derivation Definitionperhaps a constellation NASB Translationconstellation (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs מַזָּרוֺת noun [feminine] plural probably = מַזָּלוֺת q. v. above (on ר = ל see W SG 67, yet also Nö ZMG xi.1886,185) only בְּעִתּוֺ ׳הֲתֹצִיא מ Job 38:32, where treated as masculine singular, and perhaps understood of some particular star or constellation. ᵐ5 μαζουρωθ. מִזְרָח see זרח. מְזָרִים see זרה Pi`el 1. [מִזְרָע] see I. זרע. מִזְרָק see זרק. [מֵחַ], מֹחַ see מחח.
Strong's Mazzoroth Apparently from nazar in the sense of distinction; some noted constellation (only in the plural), perhaps collectively, the zodiac -- Mazzoroth. Compare mazzalah. see HEBREW nazar see HEBREW mazzalah |
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