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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Hebrews kimah, "a cluster" (Job 9:9; 38:31; Amos 5:8, A.V., "seven stars;" R.V., "Pleiades"), a name given to the cluster of stars seen in the shoulder of the constellation Taurus.

Noah Webster's Dictionary

1. (n. pl.) The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled to have been made by Jupiter a constellation in the sky.

2. (n. pl.) A group of small stars in the neck of the constellation Taurus.

Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia

PLEIADES

pli'-a-dez, ple'-ya-dez, ple'-a-dez.

See ASTROLOGY, 10; ASTRONOMY, sec. II, 10.

Multi-Version Concordance

Pleiades (3 Occurrences)

Job 9:9 He makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS NIV)

Job 38:31 "Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion? (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS NIV)

Amos 5:8 seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name, (WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS NIV)




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