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What is Orion?
        ORI'ON
        , a constellation of about eighty stars, south of Taurus, and, partly, of the equator. Job 9:9. The Arabs called it the "Giant," meaning thereby Nimrod. The constellation is also mentioned in Job 38:31 and Am 5:8.


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Schaff, Philip, Dr. "Biblical Definition for 'orion' in Schaffs Bible Dictionary".
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