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People's Dictionary of the Bible

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Remphan (rĕn'fan). Acts 7:43, and quoted from Amos 5:26, where the word in Hebrew is "Chiun." It is probable, therefore, that they are names for a god worshipped secretly by the Israelites in Egypt and in the wilderness, answering, probably, to Saturn or Moloch, the star-god.

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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Remphan'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​r/remphan.html. 1893.
 
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