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Pleiades

Heb. 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.

Also from Smith's (1884) +

The Hebrew word (cimah) so rendered occurs in (Job 9:9; 38:31; Amos 6:8) In the last passage our Authorized Version has “the seven stars,” although the Geneva version translates the word “Pleiades” as in the other cases. The Pleiades are a group of stars situated on the shoulder of the constellation Taurus. The rendering “sweet influences” of the Authorized Version, (Job 38:31) is a relic of the lingering belief in the power which the stars exerted over human destiny. But Schaff thinks the phrase arose from the fact that the Pleiades appear about the middle of April, and hence are associated with the return of spring, the season of sweet influences .

In the Bible

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Verses where Pleiades is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • Amos 5:8

    He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth— the LORD is His name—

  • Job 9:9

    He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.

  • Job 38:31

    Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?

Scripture on Pleiades

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Entries that reference Pleiades

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Pleiades references

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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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