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ARCTURUS

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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
James Orr, M.A., D.D., General Editor - 1915

ARCTURUS: ark-tu'-rus: The "Plough" or "Charles's Wain" is intended. See ASTRONOMY, sec. II, 13.

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
New York, American Tract society [c1859], Rand, W. W. (William Wilberforce), 1816-1909, ed.

Easton Bible Dictionary
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., published by Thomas Nelson, 1897.

ARCTURUS: bear-keeper, the name given by the ancients to the brightest star in the constellation Bootes. In the Authorized Version (Job 9:9; 38:32) it is the rendering of the Hebrew word _'ash_, which probably designates the constellation the Great Bear. This word ('ash) is supposed to be derived from an Arabic word meaning night-watcher, because the Great Bear always revolves about the pole, and to our nothern hemisphere never sets.

ARCTURUS: a gathering together

ARCTURUS: -Constellation of #Job 9:9; 38:32|

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1896)

ARCTURUS: (bear-keeper). The Hebrew words ’Ash and ’Aish , rendered "Arcturus" in the Authorized Version of (job 9:9; job 38:32) in conformity with the Vulgate of the former passages are now generally believed to be identical, and to represent the constellation Ursa Major, known commonly as the Great Bear or Charles’ Wain.

The New Topical Textbook
Rev. R.A. Torrey- 1897 edition.