Remphan
Remphan is a figure described as "the star of your god whose images you made to worship" in Acts of the King James Version of the Bible.Analysis
Remphan is a rendering of the Ancient Greek, ρεμφαν. Various manuscripts offer other transliterations, including Ῥομφά, Ῥεμφάν, Ῥεμφάμ, Ῥαιφάν, & Ῥεφάν. It is part of a reference to Amos, which reads in Hebrew as "Chiun", "Kewan", "Kaiwan", "Kiyuwn", or "Kijun". The Septuagint's reading of Amos is "raiphan" or "rephan". The Greek forms may be based on a transliteration of the Hebrew, k having replaced r, ph having been substituted for y, and u having been replaced by a. "Kēwān" is the another pronunciation of the Old Persian word of Kayvân, meaning Saturn.
