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kiyyūn כִּיּוּן ‘Kiyyun’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from kūn כּוּן ‘to establish / blow’
Roots: כון

kiyyūn pr n m title
Chiun = "an image" or "pillar"
1) probably a statue of the Assyrian-Babylonian god of the planet Saturn and used to symbolise Israelite apostasy

Mentioned in Amos 5:26

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