Bible Names

Arcturus: meaning of the name

Arcturus means “a gathering together.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Arcturus in Hebrew and Greek

עַיִשׁ H5906

ʻAyish (ah'-yish) — the constellation of the Great Bear (perhaps from its migration through the heavens)

or עָשׁ; from H5789 (עוּשׁ);

Arcturus in Scripture

“Arcturus” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • Job 9:9

    Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.

  • Job 38:32

    Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?