Mazzaroth
MAZZAROTH
Job 38:32 . Our translators properly suppose this word to denote the twelve signs of the zodiac, a broad circle in the heavens, comprehending all such stars as lie in the path of the sun and moon. As these luminaries appear to proceed throughout this circle annually, so different parts of it progressively receive them every month; and this progression seems to be what is meant by “bringing forth mazzaroth in his season,” that is, Canst thou by thy power cause the revolutions of the heavenly bodies in the zodiac, and the seasons of summer and winter, in their regular succession?
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Mazzaroth
(Heb. Mazzaroth’, a word found only in the plural, and occurring but once, Job 38:32, probably by an interchange of liquids foi planets, 2Ki 23:5), an astronomical term, probably meaning the twelve signs of the Zodiac (see Hirzel, Delitzsch, and Conant, severally, ad loc.). SEE ASTRONOMY. The Peshito-Syriac renders it by ioallto, the Wain, or Great Bear; and J. D. Michaelis (Suppls. d Lex. Heb. No. 1391) is followed by Ewald in applying it to the stars of the northern crown (Ewald adds the southern), deriving the word from , ne-zer, a crown. Furst (Handw. s.v.) understands by Mazzaroth the planet Jupiter, the same as the star of Amo 5:26. But the interpretation given in the margin of our version is supported by the authority of Gesenius (Thes. p. 869). On referring to 2Ki 23:5, we find the word , mazzacloth (A.V. the planets), differing only from mazzaroth in having the liquid l for r, and rendered in the margin the twelve signs,’ as in the Vulgate. The Sept. there also has , which points to the same reading in both passages, and is by Suidas explained as the Zodiac,’ but by Procopius of Gaza as probably Lucifer, the morning star,’ following the Vulgate of Job 38:32. In later Jewish writings mazzaloth are the signs of the Zodiac, and the singular, mazzal, is used to denote the single signs as well as the planets, and also the influence which they were believed to exercise upon human destiny (Selden, De Dis Syr. Synt. 1:c. 1). In consequence of this, Jarchi, and the Hebrew commentators generally, identify mazzaroth and mazzaloth, though their interpretations vary. Aben Ezra understands stars’ generally; but R. Levi ben-Gershon, a northern constellation.’ Gesenius himself is in favor of regarding mazzaroth as the older form, signifying strictly premonitions,’ and in the concrete sense, stars that give warnings or presages,’ from the usage of the root , nazar, in Arabic. He deciphered, as he believed, the same words on some Cilician coins in the inscription , which he renders as a prayer, may thy pure star (shine) over (us)’ (Mon. Phoen. p. 279, tab. 36).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Mazzaroth
prognostications, found only Job 38:32, probably meaning “the twelve signs” (of the zodiac), as in the margin (comp. 2 Kings 23:5).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Mazzaroth
Job 38:32, “canst thou bring forth the signs of the zodiac at their respective seasons?” Mazzaloth in 2Ki 23:5 margin, the 12 lodgings or stopping places (from Arabic menzil, “an inn”), in which the sun successively stays or appears to stay in the sky. Gesenius supports margin Job 38:32, “the 12 signs,” literally, “premonitions,” i.e. “stars that give warnings or presages.”
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Mazzaroth
maza-roth: The 12 constellations of the Zodiac. See ASTRONOMY, II, 12.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Mazzaroth
Mazzaroth (Job 38:32) [ASTRONOMY]
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Mazzaroth
[Maz’zaroth]
Probably the twelve signs or constellations of the Zodiac, Job 38:32; see margin. The Hebrew word mazzaloth occurs in 2Ki 23:5, translated ‘planets,’ but ‘twelve signs, or constellations’ in the margin.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Mazzaroth
H4216
Probably signs of the zodiac.
Job 38:32 Music
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Mazzaroth
Mazzaroth (ms’za-rth), the twelve signs. The margin of the A. V. of Job 38:32 gives Mazzaroth as the name of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
Fuente: People’s Dictionary of the Bible
Mazzaroth
Mazzaroth. (the twelve signs). The margin of the Authorized Version of Job 38:32 gives Mazzaroth as the name of the twelve signs of the zodiac.