כִּיּוּן
Transliteration
kîyûn
Pronunciation
kee-yoon'
Part of Speech
proper noun with reference to deity
Root Word (Etymology)
From כּוּן (H3559)
Strong’s Definitions

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

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's H3594 in the following manner: Chiun (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's H3594 in the following manner: Chiun (1x).

  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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כִּיּוּן Kîyûwn, kee-yoon'; from H3559; properly, a statue, i.e. idol; but used (by euphemism) for some heathen deity (perhaps corresponding to Priapus or Baal-peor):—Chiun.
STRONGS H3594: Abbreviations
† 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.
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Amos

Amos 5:26