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Sebat

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(rod). Fifth month of Jewish civil and eleventh of sacred year, corresponding to parts of February and March (Zech. 1:7⁷Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, (Zechariah 1:7)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

See MONTHS.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

7627 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Shbat

Phonic:

sheb-awt’

Meaning:

of foreign origin; Shebat, a Jewish month

KJV Usage:

Sebat

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

smite thou

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

A twig; a scepter; rod; tribe:―eleventh month Jewish sacred year, Zech. 1:7. {Ramus}

From Manners and Customs of the Bible:

Zechariah 1:7⁷Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, (Zechariah 1:7). The eleventh month, which is the month Sebat.

Sebat corresponds very nearly to our month of February.

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