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H3594

כיון

כיון
kayawan

Proper noun with reference to deity · From כון (H3559)

From H3559; properly, a statue, i.e. idol; but used (by euphemism) for some heathen deity (perhaps corresponding to Priapus or Baal-peor):—Chiun.

Outline

  1. Chiun = "an image" or "pillar"
    1. probably a statue of the Assyrian-Babylonian god of the planet Saturn and used to symbolise Israelite apostasy

Usages

Amos 5:26

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

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