Definition of Sivan

1. Noun. The ninth month of the civil year; the third month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in May and June).

Exact synonyms: Siwan
Group relationships: Hebrew Calendar, Jewish Calendar
Generic synonyms: Jewish Calendar Month

Definition of Sivan

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

Definition of Sivan

1. Proper noun. (Judaism) The ninth month of the civil year in the Jewish calendar, after Iyar and before Tammuz. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sivan

Sittidae
Sitting Bull
Sitwell
Sitwellian
Sitzfleisch
Sium
Sium latifolium
Sium sisarum
Sium suave
Siva
Sivaism
Sivaist
Sivaists
Sivaite
Sivaites
Sivan (current term)
Sivapithecus
Siwan
Six-Day War
Six Counties
Six Day War
Six Nations
Sixsmith
Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire
Sixth Baron Byron of Rochdale
Sixth Commandment
Sixth Crusade
Siâny
Sjaelland
Sjogren's disease

Literary usage of Sivan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Explanatory Commentary on Esther: With Four Appendices Consisting of the by Paulus Cassel (1888)
"Mordecai's message was sent out on the 23rd day of the month Sivan, which corresponded ... Sivan ..."

2. British Jews by John Mills (1853)
"Sivan. This is the ninth month and has always thirty days. PENTECOST.—On the sixth and seventh days of this month is held the feast of Pentecost—from the ..."

3. The Journal of Sacred Literature and Biblical Record (1867)
"... on Sivan 5, Sivan 6, or Sivan 7: for 15 days of Nisan+30 days of ... day of the third month, seeing it might fall on the 5th, 6th, or 7th of Sivan. ..."

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