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in´floo-ens-iz (×ž×¢×“× Ö¼×•×ª, ma‛ădhannoÌ„th): This word occurs only in the King James Version, “Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades?†the Revised Version (British and American) “the cluster of the Pleiades,†margin “or chain, or sweet influencesâ€; Delitzsch, Dillmann and others render “fetters,†that which binds the group together; “influences,†if correct, would refer to the seasons, which were believed to be regulated, so far, by the PLEIADES (which see). In The Wisdom of Solomon 7:25, it is said of Wisdom that she is “a pure influence (apoÌrrhoia, the Revised Version (British and American) “effluenceâ€) flowing from the glory of the Almighty.â€