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Orion (Kesil, 'strong')

From: Concise Bible Dictionary: O By: George A. Morrish

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Supposed to refer to the constellation now known by this name, which Orientals call “the giant” (Job 9:9⁹Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. (Job 9:9); Job 38:31³¹Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? (Job 38:31); Amos 5:8⁸Seek 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: (Amos 5:8)). In Isaiah 13:10¹⁰For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. (Isaiah 13:10) kesil is translated “constellations.”

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