Lexicon mazzaloth: constellations, perhaps signs of the zodiac Original Word: מַזָּלוֹתPart of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: mazzaloth Phonetic Spelling: (maz-zaw-law') Short Definition: constellations NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof foreign origin Definitionconstellations, perhaps signs of the zodiac NASB Translationconstellations (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs מַזָּלוֺת noun [feminine] plural constellations, perhaps signs of the zodiac (probably loan-word from Assyrian manzaltu, mazaltu, station, abode (of gods) Dl HWB 457; Prol. 142 Jen Kosmologie 348; compare Late Hebrew מַזָּלוֺת, id.; מַזָּל Aramaic מַזָּלָא, star of fortune or fatePhoenician זל נעם[ מ] CIS 95, 8 (Vog; bilingual inscription; Greek ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ); Syriac  zodiac PS 109;  mansiones lunae, Lexicons, PS 2332; Arabic  (loan-word according to Hoffm ZAW iii. 1883, 110. Suidas μαζουρωθ = ζωδία); — only ׳לַמַּזּ 2 Kings 23:5 as object of worship (+ בֵּעַל, שֶׁמֶשׁ, יָרֵחַ, and כָּלצְֿבָא הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם) ᵐ5 τοῖς μαζουρωθ; probably= מַזַּרוֺת Job 38:32. מַזְלֵג, [מִזְלָגָה] see זלג. מְזִמָּה see זמם.. מִזְמוֺר see I. זמר. מְזַמֶּרֶת, מַזְמֵרָה 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).
Strong's 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 |
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