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Ethanim
The month of gifts, i.e., of vintage offerings; called Tisri after the Exile; corresponding to part of September and October. It was the first month of the civil year, and the seventh of the sacred year (1 Kgs 8:2).
Named in the Bible
1 verse
- 1 Kings 8:2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.