כיון

From Akkadian 𒊕𒍑 (SAG.UŠ /⁠kayamānum⁠/, literally “the constant”) with the niqqud of שִׁיקּוּץ (šīqqū́ṣ, “abomination”) superimposed. Compare סִכּוּת (sīkkū́ṯ, “Sikkuth/Sakkut”). Cognate with Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܟܹܐܘܵܢ (kēˀwān, “Saturn”), Middle Persian kywʾn' (kēwān, “Saturn”), and Persian کیوان (keyvân, “Saturn, Keyvan (given name)”).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kiˈjun/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kijˈjuːn/, [kiɟˈɟuːn]
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kijˈjuːn/ (with שִׁיקּוּץ vocalization), [keːˈwaːn] (reconstructed original vocalization)
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kiˈjun/

כִּיּוּן • (kiyyún) m

1. (astronomy, biblical, rare, archaic, hapax legomenon) Saturn

   Synonym: שַׁבְּתַאי (shabtáy)

2. (biblical, Mesopotamian mythology, hapax legomenon) Kiyyun/Kajamanu, a Mesopotamian diety worshipped by some Israelites whose worship was recorded in the Book of Amos

סִכּוּת (sīkkū́ṯ, “Sikkuth/Sakkut”)

• H3594 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible