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NAVE: Chisleu Chislev Kislev
EBD: Chisleu
SMITH: CHISLEU
ISBE: CHISLEU; CHISLEV KISLEV
Kislev
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the 9th month of the Jewish calendar
rashness; confidence ( --> same as Casleu, Cisleu)
rashness; confidence ( --> same as Casleu, Cisleu)
Hebrew
Strongs #03691: wlok Kiclev
Chisleu = "his confidence"1) the 9th month of the calendar corresponding to Nov-Dec
3691 Kiclev kis-lave'
probably of foreign origin; Kisleu, the 9th Heb.month:-Chisleu.
Chisleu [EBD]
the name adopted from the Babylonians by the Jews after the Captivity for the third civil, or ninth ecclesiastical, month (Neh. 1:1; Zech. 7:1). It corresponds nearly with the moon in November.
KISLEV [ISBE]
KISLEV - kis'-lef (kiclew; the King James Version Chisleu, the Revised Version (British and American) "Chislev"): The 9th month of the Jewish year, corresponding to December. The word is found in Neh 1:1 and Zec 7:1. The derivation is uncertain.See CALENDAR.
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