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Occurs only in Amos 5:26 (R. V. This unified study connects 5 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
Chiun.
Greek lexical coverage
The installed lexicons do not contain a sufficiently exact Greek word-level match for this study. UNLEARN leaves this language unassigned instead of displaying an unrelated Strong’s record.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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Nave's Topical Bible
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Nave’s Topical Bible references for CHIUN.
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Occurs only in Amos 5:26 (R.V. marg., "shrine"). The LXX. translated the word by Rhephan, which became corrupted into Remphan, as used by Stephen (Acts 7:43; but R.V., "Rephan"). Probably the planet Saturn is intended by the name. Astrologers represented this planet as baleful in its influences, and hence the Phoenicians offered to it human sacrifices, especially children.
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