Sivan

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sivan \Si"van\, n. [Heb. s[imac]v[=a]n.]
     The third month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year; --
     supposed to correspond nearly with our month of June.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Sivan
       n : the ninth month of the civil year; the third month of the
           ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in May and
           June) [syn: {Siwan}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Sivan
     a Persian word (Assyr, sivanu, "bricks"), used after the
     Captivity as the name of the third month of the Jewish year,
     extending from the new moon in June to the new moon in July
     (Esther 8:9).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Sivan, a bush or thorn