Lexicon Kislev: the ninth month of the Jewish calendar Original Word: כִּסְלֵוPart of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Transliteration: Kislev Phonetic Spelling: (kis-lave') Short Definition: Chislev NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof foreign origin Definitionthe ninth month of the Jewish calendar NASB TranslationChislev (2).
Brown-Driver-Briggs כִּסְלֵו proper name [masculine] kislew, ninth month (post-exilic) = November-December, Zechariah 7:1; ׳בְּחֹדֶשׁ כ Nehemiah 1:1 ( ᵑ7 id.; loan-word from Babylonian kislimu, kislivu, Muss-Arn JBL 1892, 167; conjectures on etymology by Jen ZA ii, 210, Anm. 3 Hpt ib. 265, Anm. 2; Palmyrene כסלול Vog No. 24; Greek χασελευ I Makk Nehemiah 1:54). Strong's Chisleu Probably of foreign origin; Kisleu, the 9th Heb. Month -- Chisleu. |
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