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Pleiades or Pleiades

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: P By: James P. Boyd

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(daughters of Pleione). The “seven stars.” A group of stars in the constellation Taurus (Job 9:9; 38:31⁹Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. (Job 9:9)
³¹Canst 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)).

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