Mazzaroth

A word appearing in Job 38:32 that may refer to a constellation. The Hebrew form is feminine in Job 38:32 and masculine in Job 9:9. Some scholars think it refers to the Hyades (a group of stars within the bull-shaped pattern of stars called Taurus). Others think it might mean:

• The Great Bear (a pattern of stars that looks like a bear; also called Ursa Major)

• The 12 signs of the zodiac (patterns of stars that mark the sun's path through the sky)

• The Northern Crown (a group of stars that form a crown shape; also called Corona Borealis)