·noun ·pl A group of small stars in the neck of the constellation Taurus.
II. Pleiades ·noun ·pl The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled to have been made by Jupiter a constellation in the sky.
Heb. kimah, "a cluster" (Job 9:9; 38:31; Amos 5:8, A.V., "seven stars;" R.V., "Pleiades"), a name gi...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
The celebrated cluster of stars in Taurus, of which seven or eight are visible to the naked eye; the...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The Hebrew word (cimah) so rendered occurs in (Job 9:9; 38:31; Amos 6:8) In the last passage our Aut...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary