Siccuth

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SICCUTH.—A word which is found in parallelism with Chiun in Amo_5:26. The present form is probably due to the Massoretic combination of the consonants of Sakkuth with the vowels of shiqquts (‘abomination’)—the same vocalization which we find in Chiun. Sakkut is another name for the Assyr. [Note: Assyrian.] god Ninib, god of the planet Saturn. Kaiwanu (Chiun) is also a name of Ninib. This would make Chiun and Siccuth synonymous—or at least different manifestations of the same deity. As evidence that this is the correct reading of the names, Rogers points out that the Babylonians themselves invoked Sakkut and Kaiwanu together, just as they appear in Amos. (See Chiun and Rephan.)
W. M. Nesbit.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909

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