Original Word: כִּיּוּן
Part of Speech: Proper Name
Transliteration: Kiyuwn
Pronunciation: kee-YOON
Phonetic Spelling: (kee-yoon')
KJV: Chiun
NASB: Kiyyun
Word Origin: [from H3559 (כּוּן - established)]

1. (properly) a statue, i.e. idol
2. but used (by euphemism) for some heathen deity (perhaps corresponding to Priapus or Baal-peor)

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

Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
a heathen god
NASB Translation
Kiyyun (1).

כִּיּוּן proper name, of deity Amos 5:26, probably = Assyrian kaivânu, planet Saturn (Arabic and Persian Syriac ), regarded as god; original pronunciation כֵּיוָן Schr^{COT on the passage}, compare Kö^{ii. 151} (pointing כִּיּוּן intended to suggest √ כון as something established, firm); kaimânu = kaiânu, according to Jen^{Cosm. iii. 502} who derives from כון (compare Thes; so Zim^{BP 17}); > Hpt^{ZA ii. 266, 281 f.} reads כַּיָּוָן (for כְּאָמָן*), reading the Babylonian name Ka°âmânu; see also M-A^{JBL 1892, xi. 86 n. 39}.

כִּיּוֺר, see below I. כור.

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