Quick Definition
Bear
Biblical Persons & Places
Bear
A star or constellation
A star or constellation; called Bear (עַ֫יִשׁ)
Strong's Definition
the constellation of the Great Bear (perhaps from its migration through the heavens)
Derivation: or עָשׁ; from H5789 (עוּשׁ);
KJV Usage: Arcturus.
TWOT Reference: 1617
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) a constellation
1a) Great Bear, Ursa Major
1b) (TWOT) Arcturus
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עַ֫יִשׁ (a.yish) — Bear. The constellation 1a) Great Bear, Ursa Major 1b) (TWOT) Arcturus
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · עָשׁ
Names of Constellations | ≈ מַזָּר
Great Bear = constellation, often identified with the "Great Bear" or the "Big Dipper" which is part of the "Great Bear"
1 JOB 38:32 REB "Aldebaran"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עַ֫יִשׁ n.f. a constellation, perh. Great Bear base