in Hebrew, בוכב. Under the name of stars, the ancient Hebrews
comprehended all the heavenly bodies, constellations, and planets; in a
word, all the luminaries, the sun and moon excepted. The number of the
stars was looked upon as infinite. And the Psalmist, to exalt the power
and magnificence of God, says, that he numbers the stars and calls them
by their names; and so are they put to express a vast multitude, Gen.
xv, 5; xxii, 17; Exod. xxxiii, 13.
comprehended all the heavenly bodies, constellations, and planets; in a
word, all the luminaries, the sun and moon excepted. The number of the
stars was looked upon as infinite. And the Psalmist, to exalt the power
and magnificence of God, says, that he numbers the stars and calls them
by their names; and so are they put to express a vast multitude, Gen.
xv, 5; xxii, 17; Exod. xxxiii, 13.