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Si⋅van
[siv-uh
n; Heb. see-vahn] 
–noun
| the ninth month of the Jewish calendar. |
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(sĭv'ən) Pronunciation Key
n. The ninth month of the year in the Jewish calendar. See Table at calendar. [Hebrew sîwān, from Akkadian simānu, a month name, from simānu, season, time; see wsm in Semitic roots.] |
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| sivan | |
noun | |
| the ninth month of the civil year; the third month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in May and June) |
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Sivan
Si"van\, n. [Heb. s[=i]v[=a]n.] The third month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year; -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of June.
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Sivan
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).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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