Bible Dictionary: Sivan

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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Sivan

a bush or thorn

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Sivan

[MONTH]

ATS Bible Dictionary

Sivan

The third Hebrew ecclesiastical month, and the ninth of the civil year, beginning with the new moon of our June, Esther 8:9.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A Persian word (Assyr, sivanu, "bricks"), used after the Captivity as the name of the third month of the Jewish year, extending from the new moon in June to the new moon in July (Esther 8:9).

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) The third month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year; -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of June.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

SIVAN

se-van', si'-van (ciwan): The third month of the Jewish year, corresponding to June (Esther 8:9).

See CALENDAR.

Strong's Hebrew

5510. Sivan -- third month of the Jewish year
... 5509, 5510. Sivan. 5511 . third month of the Jewish year. Transliteration:
Sivan Phonetic Spelling: (see-vawn') Short Definition: Sivan. ...
/hebrew/5510.htm - 5k

Library

How Vespasian Upon Hearing of Some Commotions in Gall, Made Haste ...
... Neapoils, [or Sichem,] but by the people of that country Mabortha, to Corea, where
he pitched his camp, on the second day of the month Desius [Sivan]; and on ...
/.../chapter 8 how vespasian upon.htm

Syriac Calendar.
... March / Adar / Adar. April / Nisan / Nisan. May / Ajar / Zif, or Iyar. June / Chaziran /
Sivan. July / Tamuz / Tammuz. August / Ab / Ab. September / Elul / Elul ...
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Some General Matters and Some Biblical Characters. The Bible Book ...
... Hebrew Names Roman Names. 1. Nisan or Ahib March and April. 2. Iyar or Ziv April
and May. 3. Sivan May and June. 4. Tammuz June and July. 5. Ab July and August. ...
/.../chapter viii some general matters.htm

Appendix v. Rabbinic Theology and Literature
... These are the twelve months of the year: Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Abh, Elul,
Tishri, Marcheshvan, Kislev, Tebheth, Shebhat, Adar (thus the number twelve is ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/appendix v rabbinic theology and.htm

Vespasian, when He had Taken the City Gadaea Marches to Jotapata. ...
... This fight happened on the twentieth day of the month Desius [Sivan].30. ... This
was done on the twenty-seventh day of the month Desius [Sivan]. ...
/.../chapter 7 vespasian when he.htm

The Miracle of Pentecost and the Birthday of the Christian
... sich aufheben wird. Dem Sivan-Tag des steinernen Buchstabens trat ein
Sivan-Tag des lebendigmachenden Geistes entgegen. Es war der ...
/.../schaff/history of the christian church volume i/section 24 the miracle of.htm

That Vespasian, after He had Taken Gadara Made Preparation for the ...
... But in the mean time Vespasian removed from Cesarea, on the fifth day of the month
Deasius, [Sivan,] and marched against those places of Judea which were not ...
/.../chapter 9 that vespasian after.htm

At the Feast of the Dedication of the Temple.
... Levites, laity) by the hands of a third (Moses, being the third born of his parents)
on the third day (after the preparation) in the third month (Sivan),' Shabb ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xiv at the feast.htm

The Teaching of the Apostles.
... is 342. [3056] This month answers to Sivan, which began with the new moon
of June.--Tr. [3057] C. reads "fourteenth.". [3058] The ...
/.../unknown/the decretals/ancient syriac documents the teaching 2.htm

Book 13 Footnotes
... [6] That is, on the 23rd of Sivan, the annual fast for the defection and idolatry
of Jeroboam, "who made Israel to sin;" or possibly some other fast might fall ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/book 13 footnotes.htm

Thesaurus

Sivan (1 Occurrence)
...SIVAN. se-van', si'-van (ciwan): The third month of the Jewish year, corresponding
to June (Esther 8:9). See CALENDAR. ...Sivan (1 Occurrence). ...
/s/sivan.htm - 7k

Agriculture
... Barley green. Passover.) Ijar. Sivan, former half., Wheat ripe. Pentecost.
V. SUMMER (total absence of rain) Sivan, latter half. Tammuz. ...
/a/agriculture.htm - 27k

Situation (11 Occurrences)

/s/situation.htm - 10k

127 (3 Occurrences)
... Esther 8:9 Then the king's scribes were called at that time, in the third month
Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month; and it was written according to ...
/num/127.htm - 7k

Lieutenants (4 Occurrences)
... Esther 8:9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month,
that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was ...
/l/lieutenants.htm - 8k

India (2 Occurrences)
... Esther 8:9 Then the king's scribes were called at that time, in the third month
Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month; and it was written according to ...
/i/india.htm - 9k

Twenty-third (7 Occurrences)
... Esther 8:9 Then the king's scribes were called at that time, in the third month
Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month; and it was written according to ...
/t/twenty-third.htm - 8k

Deputies (14 Occurrences)
... Esther 8:9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month,
that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was ...
/d/deputies.htm - 11k

Mordecai's (6 Occurrences)
... Esther 8:9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month,
which is the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was ...
/m/mordecai's.htm - 8k

Commonly (5 Occurrences)
... Esther 8:9 Then at that time, on the twenty-third day of the third month, which
is the month Sivan, the king's scribes were sent for; and everything ordered by ...
/c/commonly.htm - 8k

Bible Concordance

Sivan (1 Occurrence)

Esther 8:9 Then the king's scribes were called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing, and in their language.
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Subtopics

Sivan

Sivan: Third Month (June)

Related Terms

Agriculture

Situation (11 Occurrences)

127 (3 Occurrences)

Lieutenants (4 Occurrences)

India (2 Occurrences)

Twenty-third (7 Occurrences)

Deputies (14 Occurrences)

Mordecai's (6 Occurrences)