H3594 כִּיּוּן
Kîyûwn — properly, a statue, i.e. idol; but used (by euphemism) forsome heathen deity (perhaps corresponding to Priapus or Baal-peor)
KJV: Chiun.
Derived from כּוּן kûwn (to be erect)
Occurs 1 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- כִּיּוּן n.pr.dei Am 5:26, prob. = As., planet Saturn (Ar. and Pers., Syr.), regarded as god; orig. pronunc. כֵּיוָן Schr COT ad loc., cf. Kö ii. 151 (pointing כִּיּוּן intended to suggest √ כון as something established, firm); kaimânu = kaiânu, acc. to Jen Cosm. iii. 502 who der. fr. כון (cf. Thes; so Zim BP 17); > Hpt ZA ii. 266, 281 f. rds. כַּיָּוָן (for כְּאָמָן *), reading Babyl. name Kaʼâmânu; v. also M-A JBL 1892, xi. 86 n. 39.
Where it occurs
- Amos 5:26 — You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for…