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Ethanim

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[eth-uh-nim, e-tah-neem] / ˈɛθ ə nɪm, ɛ tɑˈnim /

noun

Chiefly Biblical.
  1. a month equivalent to Tishri in the modern Jewish calendar.


Etymology

Origin of Ethanim

From Late Latin Ethanim, from Hebrew, Canaanite ēthānīm


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Expenses of the month Ethanim: On the new-moon of the month Ethanim, for the gods of the new-moon two....

From Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.

From The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 by Ontario. Ministry of Education

In the first place we have those peculiar to the Jews previous to the captivity, viz: Abib, the first month in commemoration of the exodus; Zif, the second, Ethanim, the seventh, and Bul, the eighth.

From Our Calendar by George Nichols Packer

The month Ethanim, to which the first account refers, is mentioned, it will be remembered, in 1 Kings viii.

From Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

It is mentioned together with two other names, Ethanim, the seventh month, and Bul, the eighth month, in the account of the building and dedication of Solomon's Temple.

From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by E. Walter (Edward Walter) Maunder

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