the constellations

In Bible versions:

the constellations: NET
Mazzaroth: AVS NRSV TEV
constellations: NIV
constellation: NASB

a constellation (NIV,NASB margin)

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the twelve signs of the zodiac

Hebrew

Strongs #04216: twrzm mazzarah

1) Mazzaroth
1a) the 12 signs of the Zodiac and their 36 associated constellations

4216 mazzarah maz-zaw-raw'

apparently from 5144 in the sense of distinction; some noted
constellation (only in the plural), perhaps collectively, the
zodiac:-Mazzoroth. Compare 4208.
see HEBREW for 05144
see HEBREW for 04208

Constellation [EBD]

a cluster of stars, or stars which appear to be near each other in the heavens, and which astronomers have reduced to certain figures (as the "Great Bear," the "Bull," etc.) for the sake of classification and of memory. In Isa. 13:10, where this word only occurs, it is the rendering of the Hebrew kesil, i.e., "fool." This was the Hebrew name of the constellation Orion (Job 9:9; 38:31), a constellation which represented Nimrod, the symbol of folly and impiety. The word some interpret by "the giant" in this place, "some heaven-daring rebel who was chained to the sky for his impiety."

Mazzaroth [EBD]

prognostications, found only Job 38:32, probably meaning "the twelve signs" (of the zodiac), as in the margin (comp. 2 Kings 23:5).

Constellations [NAVE]

CONSTELLATIONS.
Isa. 13:10.
The serpent, Job 26:13.
Orion, Job 9:9; Amos 5:8.
See: Astronomy.

Mazzaroth [NAVE]

MAZZAROTH, probably signs of the zodiac, see Job 38:32.
See: Music.

MAZZAROTH [SMITH]

(the twelve signs). The margin of the Authorized Version of (Job 38:32) gives Mazzaroth as the name of the twelve signs of the zodiac.

CONSTELLATIONS [ISBE]

CONSTELLATIONS - kon-ste-la'-shuns (kecilim, literally, "Orions").

See ASTRONOMY, sec. II, 11.

MAZZAROTH [ISBE]

MAZZAROTH - maz'-a-roth: The 12 constellations of the Zodiac.

See ASTRONOMY, sec. II, 12.