Bible Dictionary · C
Chisleu
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.
Named in the Bible
2 verses
- Nehemiah 1:1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
- Zechariah 7:1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu;
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
