Quick Definition
Rephan, Saturn
Biblical Persons & Places
Rephan
A male deity in the Old Testament
A male deity in the Old Testament;
called Rephan (Ῥεφάν, Ῥαιφάν, Ῥομφά, Ῥεμφάν)
Strong's Definition
Remphan (i.e. Kijun), an Egyptian idol
Derivation: by incorrect transliteration for a word of Hebrew origin (H03594);
KJV Usage: Remphan
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Ῥεμφάν (R G), or Ρ᾽εφαν (L Tr), or Ρ᾽ομφαν (T) (or Ρ᾽ομφα WH, see their Appendix on Acts as below), Remphan (so A. V.), or Rephan (so R. V.), Romphan (or Rompha), a Coptic pr. name of Saturn: Act_7:43, from Amo_5:26 where the Sept. render by Ραιφαν (or Ρ᾽εφαν) the Hebrew λΔΜιεΜο, thought by many to be equivalent to the Syriac nw)K [], and the Arabic designations of Saturn; but by others regarded as an appellative, signifying 'stand,' 'pedestal' (German Gerüst; so Hitzig), or 'statue' (so Gesenins), formed from λΜεΜο after the analogy of such forms as ηΔαΜεΜχ, τΔΜβΜεΜμ, etc. Cf. Winers RWB, under the word Saturn; Gesenius, Thesaurus, p. 669{b} ; J. G. Müller in Herzog xii. 736; Merx in Schenkel i., p. 516f; Schrader in Riehm, p. 234; (Baudissin in Herzog edition 2 under the word Saturn, and references there given; B. D., under the word ).
STRONGS NT 4481: Ρ᾽ομφα [ Ρ᾽ομφα, Ρ᾽ομφαν, see Ῥεμφάν.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
not given
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Ῥεμφάν , Ῥεφάς , see Ῥομφά .
Ῥομφά (-άν , T ; Ῥεφάν , LTr .; Ῥεμφάν , Rec. ; v. WH , App ., 92),
[in LXX : Amo_5:26 (Ῥαιμφάν or Ῥεφάν , Heb . H3594 ) * ;]
Rompha , Rephan ( RV ), one of the names of Seb , the Egyptian Saturn: Act_7:43 ( LXX ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Ῥομφά / Ῥεφάν [page 563, 564]
For the various forms which this proper noun takes in Act_7:43 see WH Notes .2 , p. 92. In LXX Amo_5:26 from which the quotation in Ac is taken the form is Ῥειφάν or Ῥεφάν replacing λΜΔιΜεΜκ of the Heb. text, and the word is understood as a corruption of the Assyrian name for the planet Saturn (= Chiun).
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
Ῥεμφάν, Ῥεφάς, see: Ῥομφά.
Ῥομφά (-άν, T; Ῥεφάν, LTr.; Ῥεμφάν, Rec.; see WH, App., 92),
[in LXX: Amo.5:26 (Ῥαιμφάν or Ῥεφάν, Heb. כִּיּוּן)* ;]
Rompha, Rephan (RV), one of the names of Seb, the Egyptian Saturn: Act.7:43 (LXX).†
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