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Lexicon :: Strong's H3598 - kîmâ

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כִּימָה
Transliteration
kîmâ
Pronunciation
kee-maw'
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Part of Speech
collective feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as כּוּמָז (H3558)
Strong’s Definitions

כִּימָה Kîymâh, kee-maw'; from the same as H3558; a cluster of stars, i.e. the Pleiades:—Pleiades, seven stars.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H3598 in the following manner: Pleiades (2x), seven stars (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H3598 in the following manner: Pleiades (2x), seven stars (1x).

  1. Pleiades, a constellation of seven stars

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כִּימָה Kîymâh, kee-maw'; from the same as H3558; a cluster of stars, i.e. the Pleiades:—Pleiades, seven stars.
STRONGS H3598: Abbreviations
כִּימָה noun feminine perhaps Pleiades (see above; Late Hebrew id.; Targum כִּימָא, Syriac Version bdb046506) — as made by י׳, Amos 5:8 (|| כְּסִיל), Job 9:9 (|| עָשׁ, כְּסִיל, חַדְרֵי תֵמָן); and under his control, מַעֲדַנּוֺת כ׳ Job 38:31 (|| משְׁכוֺת כְּסִיל). — (SternJüd. Zeitschr. f. Wissen. u. Leben. iii.((1864-65) 258 ff. Nö in SchenkelBL HoffmZAW iii. 107 ff. interpret עשׁ as Pleiades, and כימה as Sirius).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

9:9; 38:31

Amos

5:8

H3598

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3598 matches the Hebrew כִּימָה (kîmâ),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:9 - He is the Maker of the Bear[fn] and Orion, the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:31 - “Can you bind the chains[fn] of the Pleiades? Can you loosen Orion’s belt?

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:8 - He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns midnight into dawn and darkens day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the land— the LORD is his name.
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