Strong's G4481: Ῥεμφάν (Rhemphán) Meaning

Quick Definition

Ῥεμφάν, ὁ Prop.n. 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

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Ῥαιφάν (G4481b)

noun-name, m. | indeclinable

93.308 · Names of Persons and Places · Persons

Rephan a pagan God

ACT 7:43

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Ῥεμφάν (RG), or Ῥεφάν (L Tr), or ‘Poudav (T), [or “Ῥομφά WH, see their App. on Acts as below], Remphan [so A.V.], or Rephan [so R.V.], Romphan, [or Rompha}, a Coptic pr. name of Saturn: Acts vii. 43, fr. Amos ν. 26 where the Sept. render by ‘Pasay [or “Pedav] the Hebr. }3°3, thought by many to be equiv. to the Syriac - μὰ - 5 “Ὁ - . ob, and the Arabic ἢ, ζ΄ designations of Saturn; but by others regarded as an appellative, signifying ‘stand,’ ‘ pedestal’ (Germ. Geritst; so Hitzig), or ‘statue’ (so Gesenmius), formed from 35 after the analogy of such forms as p33M, 913, ete. Cf. Win. RWB. 5. v. Saturn; Gesenius, Thes. p. 669°; J. G. Miiller in Herzog xii. 736; Merz in Schenkel i. p. 516 sq.; Schrader in Riehm p. 234; [Baudissin in Herzog ed. 2 8. v. Saturn, and reff. there given; B. D. 5. v. Remphan].

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

not given

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Ῥεμφάν, Ῥεφάς, v.s. Ῥομφά.

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).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

Ῥεφάν, Ῥαιφάν, Ῥομφά, Ῥεμφάν (Rhemphan, Rhaiphan) — Rephan. 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).† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)

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).† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

7:43

G4481 Ῥεμφάν (Rhemphán)