HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3598
כִּימָה
ki.mah — Pleiades
Pleiades, a constellation of seven stars
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Pleiades
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Heb. kimah, “a cluster” (Job 9:9; 38:31; Amos 5:8, A.V., “seven stars;” R.V., “Pleiades”), a name given to the cluster of stars seen in the shoulder of the constellation Taurus.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.