Lectionary Calendar
Monday, May 6th, 2024
the Sixth Week after Easter
the Sixth Week after Easter
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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #5510 - סִיוָן
Transliteration
Çîyvân
Phonetics
see-vawn'
Root Word (Etymology)
probably of Persian origin
Parts of Speech
proper noun
TWOT
1487
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
Sivan = “their covering”
1) the 3rd month in the Jewish calendar corresponding to May-Jun
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
KJV (1)
Esther
1
NAS (1)
Esther
1
HCS (1)
Esther
1
BSB (1)
Esther
1
ESV (1)
Esther
1
WEB (1)
Esther
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
סִיוָן proper name of 3rd month, Siwan = May-June (loan-word from Assyrian -Babylonian Simânu, compare Schr COT Nehemiah 1:1 Muss-Arn JRL xi (1892), 82ff.; Palmyrene סיון Lzb328 Cook84); — ׳בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישֹׁי הוּאתֹֿדֶשׁ ס Esther 8:9.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
סִיוָן m. Esther 8:9, the third month of the Hebrew year from the new moon of June to that of July; perhaps from the Chaldee root סְוָה to rejoice, as if month of rejoicing. [Benfey gives it a Persic derivation.]
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List of Word Forms
סִיוָ֗ן סיון sî·wān siVan sîwān
