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Saturday, November 2nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Strong's #5510 - סִיוָן

Transliteration

Çîyvân

Phonetics

see-vawn'

Origin

probably of Persian origin

Parts of Speech

proper noun

TWOT

1487

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Sivan = "their covering"
1. the 3rd month in the Jewish calendar corresponding to May-Jun

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Esther 1

BSB (1)

Esther 1

CSB (1)

Esther 1

ESV (1)

Esther 1

KJV (1)

Esther 1

LEB (1)

Esther 1

LSB (1)

Esther 1

N95 (1)

Esther 1

NAS (1)

Esther 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

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.

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