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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
An idol worshipped secretly by the Israelites in the
wilderness
(
Acts 7:43
43
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon. (Acts 7:43)
). Rephan in R. V.
Chiun
(
Amos 5:26
26
But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. (Amos 5:26)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
The name of a
god
in
Acts 7:43
43
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon. (Acts 7:43)
, which
Israel
had worshipped (but some of the
Greek
MSS read REPHAN).
Stephen
was quoting
Amos 5:25-26
25
Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
26
But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. (Amos 5:25‑26)
from the LXX, which has RAEPHAN. In the
Hebrew
the name of the god is
CHIUN
, but why the translators changed the name is not known. There have been found among the foreign
gods
in
Egypt
one named RENPU, and a
goddess
KEN, which may have been those referred to.
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Number:
4481
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Greek:
Ῥεμφάν
Transliteration:
Rhemphan
Phonic:
hrem-fan’
Meaning:
by incorrect transliteration for a word of Hebrew origin (
3594
); Remphan (i.e. Kijun), an Egyptian idol
KJV Usage:
Remphan
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
the shrunken (as lifeless)
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
Prepared; set in array:―an Egyptian idol [CHIUN], Acts 7:43. {Paratus; armatus}
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