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ARCTURUS
, the brightest See also:star in the See also:northern hemisphere, situated in the See also:constellation See also:Bootes (q.v.) in an almost See also:direct See also:line with the tail Q" and 17) of the constellation Ursa See also:Major (See also:Great See also:Bear); hence its derivation from the Gr. apiTOS, bear, and ovpos, guard
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Arcturus has been supposed to be referred to in various passages of the See also:Hebrew See also:Bible; the See also:Vulgate reads Arcturus for stars mentioned in See also:Job ix
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9, See also:xxxvii
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9, xxxviii
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31, as well as See also:Amos v
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8
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Other versions, as also See also:modern authorities, have preferred, e.g., See also:Orion, the See also:Pleiades, the See also:Scorpion, the Great B See also:ear(cf
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Amos in the "See also:International See also:Critical Comment." See also:series,and G
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See also:Schiaparelli, See also:Astronomy in the O.T., Eng. trans., See also:Oxford, 1905, ch. iv.)
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According to one of the See also:Greek legends about Areas, son of See also:Lycaon, See also:
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