ARCTURUS

Arcturus. 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 ’ash, which probably designates the constellation the Great Bear. This word (‘ash) 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.

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Arcturus. a gathering together

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ARCTURUS. → Constellation of Job 9:9; 38:32

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(bear-keeper). The Hebrew words ’Ash and ’Aish , rendered "Arcturus" in the Authorized Version of (Job 9:9; 38:32) in conformity with the Vulgate of the former passages are now generally believed to be identical, and to represent the constellation Ursa Major, known commonly as the Great Bear or Charles’ Wain.

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Arc‐tu″rus (�), n. [[L. Arcturus, Gr. � bearward, equiv. to �; � bear + � ward, guard. See Arctic.]] (Anat.) A fixed star of the first magnitude in the constellation Boötes. ☞ Arcturus has sometimes been incorrectly used as the name of the constellation, or even of Ursa Major. Canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons . Job xxxviii. 32.