Remphan,
( Acts 7:43 ;
RSV, "Rephan"). In Amos 5:26 the
Heb. Chiun (q.v.) is rendered by the LXX. "Rephan," and this name is
adopted by Luke in his narrative of the Acts. These names represent the
star-god Saturn or Moloch.
Acts 7:43
New King James Version
43 You also took up the tabernacle of Moloch,
And the star of your god Remphan,
Images which you made to worship;
And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’
Amos 5:26
New King James Version
26 You also carried [a]Sikkuth[b] your king
And Chiun, your idols,
The star of your gods,
Which you made for yourselves.
Footnotes
Smith's Bible Dictionary - Remphan
Remphan,
(Acts 7:43 ) and Chiun, ( Amos 5:26 ) have been supposed to be names of an idol worshipped secretly by the Israelites in the wilderness, difficulty has been occasioned by this corresponding occurrence of two names so wholly different in sound. The most reasonable opinion seems to be that Chiun was a Hebrew or Semitic name, and Remphan an Egyptian equivalent substituted by the LXX. This idol corresponded probably to Saturn or Molech. The mention of Chiun or Remphan as worshipped in the desert shows that this idolatry was, in part at least that of foreigners, and no doubt of those settled in lower Egypt.
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