KJV Dictionary Definition: pleiads

pleiads

PLEIADS, n. ple'yads. L. Pleiades; Gr. to sail, as the rising of seven stars indicated the time of safe navigation.

In astronomy, a cluster of seven stars in the neck of the constellation Taurus. The Latins called them Vergilioe, from ver, spring, because of their rising about the vernal equinox.