Bible dictionaries
Chiun
What Bible dictionaries say about “Chiun”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Chiun - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
Occurs only in Amos 5:26 (R.V. marg., "shrine"). The LXX. translated the word by Rhephan, which became corrupted into Remphan, as used by Stephen (Acts 7:43; but R.V., "Rephan"). Probably the planet Saturn is intended by the name. Astrologers represented this planet as baleful in its influences, and hence the Phoenicians offered to it human sacrifices, especially children.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828Smith’s Bible Dictionary
(a statue , perhaps of Saturn), an idol made by the Israelites in the wilderness. [REMPHAN]
William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3
The article in Smith