H3594 — כִּיּוּן (Kîyûwn / Chiun)¶
Core Data¶
- Strong's: H3594
- Original: כִּיּוּן
- Transliteration: Kîyûwn (ASCII slug:
kiyuwn) - Pronunciation: kee-yoon
- Part of Speech: Proper noun with reference to deity (
n-pr) - Root / Related: No secure root note was returned by the tool; the lexicon treats the form as the name of a heathen deity/idol
- Occurrences: 1 unique verse (1 token) in the OT
- First Occurrence: Amo 5:26 — "But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made for yourselves."
- Hapax Legomenon: YES — this word appears only once in the entire Hebrew Bible
Lexicon Definition¶
Strong's defines the word as the name of a heathen deity, with an underlying idol/statue sense, and gives the KJV rendering Chiun.
Because the tool outputs vary between Kîyûwn (gather_word_data.py), Kaiwan (hebrew_parser.py gloss), and Chiun (KJV translation), this entry preserves the canonical Strong's spelling while noting the English/KJV form.
Translation Distribution (KJV)¶
| Translation | Count | % |
|---|---|---|
| Chiun | 1 | 100% |
No alternate KJV renderings occur because the word is attested only once.
Distribution by Book¶
| Book | Count | Per 100 Verses |
|---|---|---|
| Amos | 1 | 0.7 |
This is a single-occurrence prophetic term. No broader distribution pattern can be established beyond its appearance in Amos's denunciation of Israelite idolatry.
Semantic Categories¶
1. Foreign Deity Named in an Idolatrous Cult Setting¶
The only occurrence places Kîyûwn inside a cluster of explicitly cultic terms. The Hebrew parser identifies כִּיּוּן as a proper noun and parses the surrounding words as "your images," "the star of your god," and "which ye made for yourselves." That immediate context supports Strong's classification of the term as a deity-name rather than a common noun.
- Amo 5:26 — "But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made for yourselves."
Because H3594 is a hapax, no additional semantic categories can be established from usage elsewhere.
Immediate Context in Amos 5:26¶
The parser output for the verse gives the local frame directly:
| Hebrew Context Word | Parser Gloss | Relevance to H3594 |
|---|---|---|
| סִכּוּת | Sakkuth | Paired cult term in the same verse |
| צַלְמֵיכֶם | image | Marks the verse as idol imagery |
| כּוֹכַב | star | Connects the term with astral worship language |
| אֱלֹהֵיכֶם | god(s) | Explicitly identifies the cultic reference |
| עֲשִׂיתֶם לָכֶם | make / for yourselves | Shows the object was man-made |
Related Words¶
Synonyms / Paired Terms¶
- H5522 סִכּוּת (Sikkuth/Sakkuth) — returned by
search_relationships.pyas the nearest synonym/paired term. In Amos 5:26 it appears in parallel with Kîyûwn and is translated in KJV as "the tabernacle."
Antonyms¶
No antonyms were returned by search_relationships.py for H3594.
Easily Confused Words¶
No KJV-overlap or LXX-overlap confusion set was returned for this hapax. The word has one translation and one attestation only.
Semantic Domain¶
search_relationships.py places H3594 in:
- [003001004] Names of Deities
Neighbor words returned by the tool: - H46 אָבִיר - H152 אַדְרַמֶּלֶךְ - A412 / H410 / H411 / H415 אֵל
The returned domain is consistent with the verse context, where Kîyûwn appears as the name of a worshiped figure associated with images and a star-god reference.
LXX Mapping¶
No LXX alignments were returned by search_strongs.py --lxx-map H3594.
With only one attestation, the word does not provide enough aligned data for the tool's LXX mapping workflow to produce a primary Greek bridge.
Generated from: gather_word_data.py H3594, search_relationships.py H3594, search_strongs.py --lxx-map H3594, search_strongs.py --lookup H5522, hebrew_parser.py --verse "Amo 5:26"
Last updated: 2026-04-29