Algebar

[Arab. al =the; gebar; Heb. גִּבּוֹר or גִּבֹּר ) gibbor ) = brave, strong, energetic. Used in Gen. x. of a hunter: גבר)gabhar, gabher) to be strong or brave.] A poetic name for the constellation Orion, viewed as resembling a strong man or a hunter. "Begirt with many a blazing star, Stood the great giant Algebar , Orion, hunter of the beast!" Long fellow: Occultation of Orion. In using the expre ion "Occultation of Orion," Long fellow explains that he speaks not astronomically, but poetically. He is well aware that Orion cannot be occulted, but only the individual stars of which it is composed.