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Arcturus

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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Bear-keeper, the name given by the ancients to the brightest star in the constellation Bootes. In the Authorized Version (Job 9:9; 38:32 ) it is the rendering of the Hebrew word 'Ash , which probably designates the constellation the Great Bear. This word ('ash) is supposed to be derived from an Arabic word meaning night-watcher, because the Great Bear always revolves about the pole, and to our nothern hemisphere never sets.

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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Arcturus'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​a/arcturus.html. 1897.
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