REMPHAN  , the Authorized Version's rendering of the

Greek word variously appearing in Acts vii . 48 as 'Pogcb&, 'Peµcev, 'Peµ4aµ, 'PaLrav, 'PeOv . It is part of a quotation from Amos v . 26, where the Septuagint 'Paacl)av or 'Pe¢av standsfor the Hebrew P'z Chuin or Kewan . The Greek forms are probably simple mistakes for the Hebrew, k (') having been replaced by r (I) and ph (¢) substituted for v (1) . Kewan is probably the old Babylonian Ka(v)awanu, the planet Saturn, another (the Akkadian) name for which is Sakkut, which appears as Siccuth in the earlier part of the verse .