Dictionary entry

MONTH

Nave's Topical Bible

→ Ancient use of Ge 7:11; 8:4

→ Twelve months reckoned to a year 1Ch 27:1-15

1. Abib (April)

2. Zif (May) 1Ki 6:1,37

  • Israel numbered in Nu 1:1,18
  • Passover to be observed in, by the ceremonially unclean and others who could not observe it in the first month Nu 9:10,11
  • Israel departed from the wilderness of Zin in Nu 10:11
  • Temple begun in 1Ki 6:1; 2Ch 3:2
  • An celebrated in 2Ch 30:1-27
  • Rebuilding of the temple begun in Ezr 3:8

3. Sivan: (June) Es 8:9

  • Asa renews the covenant of himself and people in 2Ch 15:10

4. Tammuz (July)

→ (The number only appears in the Bible).Jerusalem taken by Nebuchadnezzar in Jer 39:2; 52:6,7

5. Ab (August)

→ (Number only mentioned)

6. Elul (September)

7. Ethanim (October) 1Ki 8:2

8. Bul (November)

9. Chisleu (December) Ezr 10:9; Jer 36:9,22; Zec 7:1

→ 10. Tebeth (January) Es 2:16

→ 11. Sebat (February) Zec 1:7

→ 12. Adar (March) Es 3:7