Easton's Bible Dictionary Hebrews Kesil; i.e., "the fool", the name of a constellation (Job 9:9; 38:31; Amos 5:8) consisting of about eighty stars. The Vulgate renders thus, but the LXX. renders by Hesperus, i.e., "the evening-star," Venus. The Orientals "appear to have conceived of this constellation under the figure of an impious giant bound upon the sky." This giant was, according to tradition, Nimrod, the type of the folly that contends against God. In Isaiah 13:10 the plural form of the Hebrew word is rendered "constellations." Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) A large and bright constellation on the equator, between the stars Aldebaran and Sirius. It contains a remarkable nebula visible to the naked eye. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ORION o-ri'-on: A brilliant constellation dedicated to Nimrod or Merodach. See ASTRONOMY, sec. II, 11.

Multi-Version Concordance Orion (3 Occurrences) Job 9:9 He makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV) Job 38:31 "Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion? (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV) Amos 5:8 seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)