Lexical Summary Kiyyun: a heathen god Original Word: כִּיּוּןTransliteration: Kiyyun Phonetic Spelling: (kee-yoon') Part of Speech: Proper Name Short Definition: a heathen god Meaning: a statue, idol, for, some heathen deity Strong's Concordance Chiun From kuwn; properly, a statue, i.e. Idol; but used (by euphemism) for some heathen deity (perhaps corresponding to Priapus or Baal-peor) -- Chiun. see HEBREW kuwn Brown-Driver-Briggs H3594. Kiyyun כִּיּוּן proper name, of deity Amos 5:26, probably = Assyrian kaivânu, planet Saturn (Arabic and Persian Syriac ), regarded as god; original pronunciation כֵּיוָן SchrCOT on the passage, compare Köii. 151 (pointing כִּיּוּן intended to suggest √ כון as something established, firm); kaimânu = kaiânu, according to JenCosm. iii. 502 who derives from כון (compare Thes; so ZimBP 17); > HptZA ii. 266, 281 f. reads כַּיָּוָן (for כְּאָמָן*), reading the Babylonian name Ka°âmânu; see also M-AJBL 1892, xi. 86 n. 39. כִּיּוֺר, see below I. כור. |
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