כִּיּוּן
kiyyûn

Hebrew noun
loaned from Akkadian

Last edited: 2024-07-15
Primary meaning Saturn
Literal translation ?
Variants
כִּיּוּן kiyyûn
כֵּיוָן kêwān amended vocalization based on Syriac, LXX and Akkadian (Schiapparelli 1904: 44)
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Saturn planet

וּנְשָׂאתֶם אֵת סִכּוּת מַלְכְּכֶם וְאֵת כִּיּוּן צַלְמֵיכֶם כּוֹכַב אֱלֹהֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר עֲשִׂיתֶם לָכֶם׃

ûnəśāʾt̲em ʾēt̲ sikkût̲ malkək̲em wəʾēt̲ kiyyûn ṣalmêk̲em kôk̲ab̲ ʾĕlōhêk̲em ʾăšer ʿăśît̲em lāk̲em.

‘But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.’

— Amos 5:26

Genre: religious text

Stieglitz 1988 445

"The common Mesopotamian name for this planet was (mul)SAG.UŠ = Kay(y)amānu or Kay(y)ānu."


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). כִּיּוּן (Lemma #2238). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2238/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). כִּיּוּן (Lemma #2238). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2238/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). כִּיּוּן (Lemma #2238). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2238/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) כִּיּוּן (Lemma #2238), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2238/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2238,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {כִּיּוּן ({Lemma} #2238)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2238/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2238/},
}