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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74542" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74542" /> == | ||
<p> '''Rem'phan.''' Acts 7:43. | <p> '''Rem'phan.''' Acts 7:43. [[Remphan]] 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]] was an Egyptian equivalent, substituted by the Septuagint [[(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. ''See '' [[Chiun]] ''.'' </p> | ||
== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_81358" /> == | == Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_81358" /> == | ||
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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70705" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70705" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Remphan]] (''rĕn'fan'' ). Acts 7:43, and quoted from Amos 5:26, where the word in Hebrew is "Chiun." It is probable, therefore, that they are names for a god worshipped secretly by the Israelites in Egypt and in the wilderness, answering, probably, to Saturn or Moloch, the star-god. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_17037" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_17037" /> == | ||
