Dict: easton - Sun

easton:

Sun @ (Heb. shemesh), first mentioned along with the moon as the two great luminaries of heaven kjv@Genesis:1:14-18). By their motions and influence they were intended to mark and divide times and seasons. The worship of the sun was one of the oldest forms of false religion kjv@Job:31:26-27), and was common among the Egyptians and Chaldeans and other pagan nations. The Jews were warned against this form of idolatry kjv@Deuteronomy:4:19 kjv@Deuteronomy:17:3; comp. kjv@2Kings:23:11; kjv@Jeremiah:19:13).