Strong H3598כִּימָה
Pleiades
- Transliteration
- kîymâh
- Pronunciation
- kee-maw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Female of some kind
Definition
From the same as H3558; a cluster of {stars} that {is} the Pleiades: - {Pleiades} seven stars.
Detailed definition
The Pleiades are a star cluster mentioned in <ref="Job.9.9; 38:31">Job.9.9; 38:31</ref> as a display of God's creative power and in <ref="Amo.5.8">Amo.5.8</ref> as evidence of God's control over the natural world.
In the biblical story
Pleiades
A star cluster mentioned as a display of God's power
The Pleiades are a star cluster mentioned in <ref="Job.9.9; 38:31">Job.9.9; 38:31</ref> as a display of God's creative power and in <ref="Amo.5.8">Amo.5.8</ref> as evidence of God's control over the natural world.
In the Bible
Strong H3598 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- pleiades2
- star1
First verses
- Job 9:9Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
- Job 38:31Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
- Amos 5:8Seek 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: