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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(wanderer). The reference is evidently to the signs of the zodiac, as (2 Kings 23:5⁵And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. (2 Kings 23:5) marg.).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

The Hebrew word is mazzaloth, and is supposed to refer to the twelve signs or constellations of the Zodiac, as intimated in the margin. These, with the sun, moon, and “all the host of heaven,” had been worshipped by the Israelites (2 Kings 23:5⁵And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. (2 Kings 23:5)). The word occurs nowhere else.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

4208 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

mazzalah

Phonic:

maz-zaw-law’

Meaning:

apparently from 5140 in the sense of raining; a constellation, i.e. Zodiacal sign (perhaps as affecting the weather)

KJV Usage:

planet. Compare 4216