King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H4208
Transliteration: mazzaloth
Phonetic Spelling: (maz-zaw-law')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: constellations, perhaps signs of the zodiac
Meaning: constellations, perhaps signs of the zodiac
Word Summary
mazzaloth: constellations, perhaps signs of the zodiac
Original Word: מַזָּלָהTransliteration: mazzaloth
Phonetic Spelling: (maz-zaw-law')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: constellations, perhaps signs of the zodiac
Meaning: constellations, perhaps signs of the zodiac
Strong's Concordance
planet Apparently from nazal in the sense of raining; a constellation, i.e. Zodiacal sign (perhaps as affecting the weather) -- planet. Compare mazzarah.
see HEBREW nazal
see HEBREW mazzarah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4208. mazzaloth
מַזָּלוֺת noun [feminine] plural constellations, perhaps signs of the zodiac (probably loan-word from Assyrian manzaltu, mazaltu, station, abode (of gods) DlHWB 457; Prol. 142 JenKosmologie 348; compare Late Hebrew מַזָּלוֺת, id.; מַזָּל Aramaic מַזָּלָא, star of fortune or fatePhoenician נעם זל[מ] CIS95, 8 (Vog; bilingual inscription; Greek ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ); Syriac zodiac PS109; mansiones lunae, Lexicons, PS2332; Arabic (loan-word according to HoffmZAW iii. 1883, 110. Suidas μαζουρωθ = ζωδία); — only ׳לַמַּזּ 2 Kings 23:5 as object of worship (+ יָרֵחַ שֶׁמֶשׁ, בֵּעַל,, and הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם כָּלצְֿבָא) ᵐ5 τοῖς μαζουρωθ; probably= מַזַּרוֺת Job 38:32.
מַזְלֵג, [מִזְלָגָה] see זלג. מְזִמָּה see זמם..
מִזְמוֺר see I. זמר.
מַזְמֵרָה מְזַמֶּרֶת, see II. זמר.
מִזְעָר see זער.
I. מזר (? √ of following so Thes781 compare BaNB §164 c; otherwise GeiUrschrift 52: Late Hebrew מָזַר and Aramaic be bad (of eggs), Arabic be foul, corrupt).