Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #3691 - כִּסְלֵו Kislev (the ninth month of the Jewish calendar)

Original Word:	כִּסְלֵו
Transliteration:	Kislev
Definition:	the ninth month of the Jewish calendar
Part of Speech:	Proper Name Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(kis-lave')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Chisleu

Probably of foreign origin; Kisleu, the 9th Heb. Month -- Chisleu.

Englishman's Concordance

Chisleu=“his confidence”
1) the 9th month of the calendar corresponding to Nov-Dec
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: probably of foreign origin
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1012

Brown-Driver-Briggs

כִּסְלֵוproper name [masculine]kislew, ninth month (post-exilic)=November-December, Zechariah 7:1; ׳בְּחֹדֶשׁ כNehemiah 1:1 (ᵑ7id.; loan-word from Babylonian kislimu, kislivu, Muss-Arn^{JBL 1892, 167}; conjectures on etymology by Jen^{ZA ii, 210, Anm. 3} Hpt^{ib. 265, Anm. 2}; Palmyrene כסלול Vog^{No. 24}; Greek χασελευ I Makk Nehemiah 1:54).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 3691. כִּסְלֵו (Kislev) — 2 Occurrences

Nehemiah 1:1
HEB:[כִּסְלֵו כ] (כִּסְלֵיו֙ ק) שְׁנַ֣ת
NAS: in the month Chislev, [in] the twentieth
KJV: And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth
INT: happened the month Chisleu year the twentieth

Zechariah 7:1
HEB:לַחֹ֥דֶשׁ הַתְּשִׁעִ֖י בְּכִסְלֵֽו׃
NAS: month, [which is] Chislev.
KJV: month, [even] in Chisleu;
INT: month the ninth Chislev

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