'Orion' definitions:

Definition of 'Orion'

noun

(Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation

noun

A constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel [syn: Orion, Hunter]

Orion Heb. Kesil; i.e., "the fool", the name of a constellation (Job 9:9; 38:31; Amos 5:8) consisting of about eighty stars. The Vulgate renders thus, but the LXX. renders by Hesperus, i.e., "the evening-star," Venus. The Orientals "appear to have conceived of this constellation under the figure of an impious giant bound upon the sky." This giant was, according to tradition, Nimrod, the type of the folly that contends against God. In Isa. 13:10 the plural form of the Hebrew word is rendered "constellations."

Name :

Orion, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois

Population (2000) :

1713

Housing Units (2000) :

715

Land area (2000) :

0.861204 sq. miles (2.230509 sq. km)

Water area (2000) :

0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000) :

0.861204 sq. miles (2.230509 sq. km)

FIPS code :

56601

Located within :

Illinois (IL), FIPS 17

Location :

41.353260 N, 90.377229 W

ZIP Codes (1990) :

61273

Note :

some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.