ῬεμφάνRhemphán

Remphan (i.e. Kijun), an Egyptian idol

Greek (New Testament) · G4481

Meanings

a Coptic pr. name of Saturn: Acts vii. 43, fr. Amos v. 26 where the Sept. render by Ῥαιφάν [or Ῥεφάν] the Hebr. כִּיּוּן, thought by many to be equiv. to the Syriac ܟܰܝܘܳܢ and the Arabic كَيْوَانُ designations of Saturn; but by others regarded as an appellative, signifying ‘stand, ’ ‘pedestal’ (Germ. Gerüst; so Hitzig), or ‘statue’ (so Gesenius), formed from כּוּן after the analogy of such forms as כּוּחַן, גּוּל etc. Cf. Win. RWB. s. v. Saturn; Gesenius, Thes. p. 669ᵇ; J. G. Müller in Herzog xii. 736; Merx in Schenkel i. p. 516 sq.; Schrader in Riehm p. 234; [Paudissin in Herzog ed. 2 s. v. Saturn, and reff. there given; B. D. s. v. Remphan].*

Same root

כִּיּוּןKîyûwn · H3594properly, a statue, i.e. idol; but used (by euphemism) forsome heathen deity (perhaps corresponding to Priapus or Baal-peor)

Where it appears

Appears 1 times in the Bible.

Acts 7:43 No, you carried your pagan gods— the shrine of Molech, the star of your god Rephan, and the images you made to worship them. So I will send you into exile as far away as Babylon.’

Source: J. H. Thayer, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain.