Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
An Israelite idol (Amos 5:26). [REM-PHAN.]
Concise Bible Dictionary:
A heathen god (Amos 5:26). Supposed by some to be the same as REMPHAN in Acts 7:43.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
from 3559; properly, a statue, i.e. idol; but used (by euphemism) for some heathen deity (perhaps corresponding to Priapus or Baal-peor)
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
an image: pillar (as set up)
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
Statue; image:―an Israelite idol; [REMPHAN], Amos 5:26. {Simulacrum}
From Manners and Customs of the Bible:
Amos 5:26. Ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
1. For a description of Moloch, see note on Leviticus 18:21 (#163).
2. The majority of those interpreters who suppose Chiun to be a proper name take it to mean the planet Saturn. The Septuagint has ‘Pαιφάν, which afterward became corrupted to ‘Pευφάν, and is so used by Stephen in Acts 7:43. Some have assumed that ‘Pαιφάν, was an Egyptian name of the planet Saturn, but others have denied this. Some commentators suppose that the word is not a proper name, but merely signifies a statue, an idol, or a pedestal on which an idol might be placed.
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