HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5906
עַ֫יִשׁ
a.yish — Bear
The constellation 1a) Great Bear, Ursa Major 1b) (TWOT) Arcturus
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Arcturus
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G3703
ὀπώρα
opōra — fruit
ὀπώρα, -ας, ἡ [in LXX: Jer.48:32 40:10, 12 (קַיִץ) * ;] 1. late summer, early autumn (the time between the risings of Sirius and Arcturus, i.e. late July, all August and early September). 2. By meton. (as being fruit-time), ripe fruits Rev.18:14 (cf. φθινοπωρινά, Ju 12).† (AS)
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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.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.