Remphan

Remphan is a figure described in Acts 7:43 of the King James Version of the Bible. The relevant verse reads as:

43And you took up the tent of Moloch, and the star of the god Remphan, the figures which you made to worship; and I will remove you beyond Babylon. [1]

Another verse is that of Amos 5:26, where the word "Chiun" represents Remphan, which reads:

26But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.[2]

Analysis

Remphan is a rendering of the Ancient Greek, ρεμφαν. Various manuscripts offer other transliterations, including Ancient Greek: Ῥομφά, Ῥεμφάν, Ῥεμφάμ, Ῥαιφάν, & Ῥεφάν. It is part of a reference to Amos 5:26, which reads in Hebrew as "Chiun", "Kewan", "Kaiwan", "Kiyuwn", or "Kijun". The Septuagint's reading of Amos is "raiphan" or "rephan". The Greek forms may be based on a transliteration of the Hebrew, k (qoppa) having replaced r (resh), ph having been substituted for y (yod), and u (vowel waw) having been replaced by a (alpha). "Kēwān" is another pronunciation of the Old Persian word of Kayvân, meaning Saturn.[3][4][5]

See also

References
  1. "Bible Gateway passage: Acts 7:43 - King James Version". Bible Gateway. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  2. "Bible Gateway passage: Amos 5:26 - King James Version". Bible Gateway. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  3. "کیوان". Dehkhoda Dictionary – via Parsi.wiki.
  4. Moin, Mohammad, (1997). Farhang-e Farsi (Persian Dictionary), Volume 6, p. 1644, Tehran, Amirkabir, ISBN 964-00-0164-3.
  5. "Rephan meaning". Abarim Publications. Archived from the original on 25 December 2017.

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