Kîymâh — H3598

Definition

feminine noun

a cluster of stars, i.e. the Pleiades

1. Pleiades, a constellation of seven stars

Usually translated as

Pleiades, seven stars

Origin

from the same as H3558

• Same as Kûwmâz (H3558)

Occurrences

Kîymâh occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (2), Amos (1)

• Job 9:9 — Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades (וְכִימָ֗ה), and the chambers of the south.
• Job 38:31 — Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades (כִּימָ֑ה), or loose the bands of Orion?
• Amos 5:8 — Seek him that maketh the seven stars (כִימָ֜ה) and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: