Zif

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(bloom). Second mouth of Hebrew sacred and eighth of the civil year, corresponding to parts of April and May (1 Kings 6:1¹And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord. (1 Kings 6:1)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

See MONTHS.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

2099 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Ziv

Phonic:

zeev’

Meaning:

probably from an unused root meaning to be prominent; properly, brightness (compare 2122), i.e. (figuratively) the month of flowers; Ziv (corresponding to Ijar or May)

KJV Usage:

Zif

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

brightness

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Brightness; beauty:―second month Hebrew sacred year, 1 Kings 6:1. {Splendor}

From Manners and Customs of the Bible:

1 Kings 6:37³⁷In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif: (1 Kings 6:37). In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif.

This was the second month of the sacred year of the Hebrews, and corresponded nearly to our month of May.

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