כִּיּוּן

kiyyûn
Hebrew · noun
variant כֵּיוָן : kêwān
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-07-15
Meanings
Literal translation
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planet
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1. Saturn

1.a 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."
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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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2238,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {כִּיּוּן ({Lemma} #2238)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2238/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2238/},
}