Word Study · Strong's H5906 · Hebrew
עַיִשׁ
Ayish
ah'-yish
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻAyish
“the constellation of the Great Bear (perhaps from its migration through the heavens)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
the constellation of the Great Bear (perhaps from its migration through the heavens)
Rendered in the KJV as
Arcturus.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- וְ֝עַ֗יִשׁ1
- עָ֭שׁ1
How it is rendered · 2
- [the] Bear1
- and [the] Bear1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular1
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- HC/Ntfsa · 1
- HNtfsa · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
Job2 occurrences
- Job 9:9עָ֭שׁʾashnoun · feminine singularHe is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.here: [the] Bear
- Job 38:32וְ֝עַ֗יִשׁveayishconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularCan you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs?here: and [the] Bear