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of the Hebrew, k (qoppa) having replaced r (resh), ph having been substituted for y (yod), and u (vowel waw) having been replaced by a (alpha).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
- Ancient Mesopotamian religion
- List of Mesopotamian deities
References
- ^ "Bible Gateway passage: Acts 7:43 - King James Version". Bible Gateway. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
- ^ "Bible Gateway passage: Amos 5:26 - King James Version". Bible Gateway. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
- ^ "کیوان". Dehkhoda Dictionary – via Parsi.wiki.
- ^ Moin, Mohammad, (1997). Farhang-e Farsi (Persian Dictionary), Volume 6, p. 1644, Tehran, Amirkabir, ISBN 964-00-0164-3.
- ^ "Rephan meaning". Abarim Publications. Archived from the original on 25 December 2017.
Sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Remphan". Encyclopædia Britannica. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 82.
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