King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3691
Transliteration: Kislev
Phonetic Spelling: (kis-lave')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: the ninth month of the Jewish calendar
Meaning: the ninth month of the Jewish calendar
Word Summary
Kislev: the ninth month of the Jewish calendar
Original Word: כִּסְלֵוTransliteration: Kislev
Phonetic Spelling: (kis-lave')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: the ninth month of the Jewish calendar
Meaning: the ninth month of the Jewish calendar
Strong's Concordance
Chisleu Probably of foreign origin; Kisleu, the 9th Heb. Month -- Chisleu.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3691. Kislev
כִּסְלֵו proper name [masculine] kislew, ninth month (post-exilic) = November-December, Zechariah 7:1; כ ׳בְּחֹדֶשׁ Nehemiah 1:1 (ᵑ7 id.; loan-word from Babylonian kislimu, kislivu, Muss-ArnJBL 1892, 167; conjectures on etymology by JenZA ii, 210, Anm. 3 Hptib. 265, Anm. 2; Palmyrene כסלול VogNo. 24; Greek χασελευ I Makk Nehemiah 1:54).