Constellation
מַזָּלוֹתStrong’s H4208mazzalah (maz-za-lah)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Mazzalah is the Hebrew word usually translated “constellations”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.”
Meaning
- Constellationssigns of zodiac (maybe)
How it's translated
- and to the constellations 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Kings 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
מַזָּלוֹת mazzalah · constellation
1) constellations 1a) signs of zodiac (maybe)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “constellation” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CONSTELLATION, noun
- A cluster of fixed stars; an asterism; a number of stars which appear as if situated near each other in the heavens, and are considered as forming a particular division.“For the stars of heaven, and the constellations thereof, shall not give their light” Isaiah 13:10
- An assemblage of splendors or excellencies.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.