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Constellation
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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a cluster of stars, stands in the Auth. Vers. only in Isaiah 13:10 ("the stars of heaven and constellations thereof shall not give their light"), for the Heb. כְּסַיל, kesil' (in the plur.), i.e. the fat or clear (Sept. ᾿Ωρίων, Vulg. splendor), as a designation apparently of the large starry bodies generally. The same (Heb.) word elsewhere designates some special assemblage of stars ("Orion," Job 9:9; Job 38:31; Amos 5:8); and once the name of a town ("Chesil," Joshua 15:30). (See Schnaar, Ueb. d. Sternbilder. etc. Rink. 1791.) (See ASTRONOMY).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Constellation'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/constellation.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Constellation'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/constellation.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
