Arcturus: Bear-keeper, the name given by the ancients to the brightest star in
the constellation Bootes. In the Authorized Version
(Job 9:9; 38:32) it
is the rendering of the Hebrew word which probably designates the
constellation the Great Bear. This word is supposed to be derived
from an Arabic word meaning night-watcher, because the Great Bear
always revolves about the pole, and to our nothern hemisphere never
sets.
