Constellation: A cluster of stars, or stars which appear to be near each other in the
heavens, and which astronomers have reduced to certain figures (as
the "Great Bear," the "Bull," etc.) for the sake of classification
and of memory. In
(Isaiah 13:10) where this word only occurs, it is the
rendering of the Hebrew kesil, i.e., "fool." This was the Hebrew
name of the constellation Orion
(Job 9:9; 38:31) a constellation which
represented Nimrod, the symbol of folly and impiety. The word some
interpret by "the giant" in this place, "some heaven-daring rebel who
was chained to the sky for his impiety."
