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Pleiades

The Pleiades are a star cluster mentioned in Job 9:9; 38:31 as a display of God's creative power and in Amos 5:8 as evidence of God's control over the natural world.
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Summary

A star or constellation; called Pleiades (כִּימָה).

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Pleiades

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Mentions

  1. Job 9:9
    He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
  2. Job 38:31
    Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?
  3. Amos 5:8
    He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth—the LORD is His name—