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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Astronomy:

The Hebrews were devout students of the wonders of the starry firmanent (Amo 5:8; Psa 19). In the Book of Job, which is the oldest book of the Bible in all probability, the constellations are distinguished and named. Mention is made of the "morning star" (Rev 2:28; Isa 14:12), the "seven stars" and "Pleiades," "Orion," "Arcturus," the "Great Bear" (Amo 5:8; Job 9:9; 38:31), "the crooked serpent," Draco (Job 26:13), the Dioscuri, or Gemini, "Castor and Pollux" (Act 28:11). The stars were called "the host of heaven" (Isa 40:26; Jer 33:22).

The oldest divisions of time were mainly based on the observation of the movements of the heavenly bodies, the "ordinances of heaven" (Gen 1:14-18; Job 38:33; Jer 31:35; 33:25). Such observations led to the division of the year into months and the mapping out of the appearances of the stars into twelve portions, which received from the Greeks the name of the "zodiac." The word "Mazzaroth" (Job 38:32) means, as the margin notes, "the twelve signs" of the zodiac. Astronomical observations were also necessary among the Jews in order to the fixing of the proper time for sacred ceremonies, the "new moons," the "passover," etc. Many allusions are found to the display of God's wisdom and power as seen in the starry heavens (Psa 8; 19:1-6; Isa 51:6, etc.)

Nave's Topical Bible

Astronomy: General Scriptures Concerning

Job 26:7, 13; 37:18; 38:31-33; Psa 8:3; 19:1-6; 68:33; 136:5-9; Isa 13:10; 40:22, 26; 47:13; Jer 31:35-37; 33:22; Amo 5:8; 1Cr 15:41; Jud 1:13

Astronomy: Sidereal Phenomena

Jos 10:12-14; Job 9:6-9; Ecc 1:5; Isa 13:13; 34:4; Eze 32:7, 8; Mat 24:29, 35; 27:45; Mar 13:24, 25; Luk 21:25; 23:44, 45; Act 2:19, 20; 2Pe 3:10; Rev 6:12-14; 8:10-12; 9:1, 2; 10:1, 2; 12:3, 4; 13:13; 16:8, 9; 19:11-14; 21:1

See CONSTELLATIONS; ECLIPSE; HEAVEN; METEOROLOGY; MOON; STARS; SUN.

Thematic Subject Guide

Astronomy:

Jos 10:12-14Job 9:6-9; Job 26:7; Job 26:13; Job 37:18; Job 38:31-33Psa 8:3; Psa 19:1-6; Psa 68:33; Psa 136:5-9Ecc 1:5Isa 13:10; Isa 13:13; Isa 34:4; Isa 40:22; Isa 47:13Jer 31:35; Jer 33:22Eze 32:7-8Amo 5:8Mat 24:29; Mat 24:35; Mat 27:45Luk 21:25; Luk 23:44Act 2:19-201Cr 15:412Pe 3:10Jud 1:13Rev 6:12-14; Rev8:10-12; Rev 9:1-2; Rev 10:1; Rev 12:3-4; Rev 13:13; Rev 16:8; Rev 21:1