noun · masculine
raifan
GreekῬαιφάν (raifan)
Strong’sG4481
Rephan, Saturn
stem raifan-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Ῥεμφάν, Ῥεφάς, v.s. Ῥομφά.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4481 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhrem-fan'
Remphan (i.e. Kijun), an Egyptian idol
Fromby incorrect transliteration for a word of Hebrew origin ();
King JamesRemphan.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | raifan | raifan |
| object accusative | raifan | raifan |
| direct address vocative | raifan | raifan |
| of, belonging to genitive | raifan1×Ῥαιφάν | raifan |
| to, for dative | raifan | raifan |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
raifan“Rephan”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 7:43“Rephan”kai analambava tan skēnan tou Moloch kai tem astrem tou theou Raifan, toin tupoin hoin poiava proskunarō autoi. kai metoikizami vin epekeina Babulōnau.You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’