Tebeth

Tebeth in the Topics

(Esth 2:16), a word probably of Persian origin, denoting the cold time of the year; used by the later Jews as denoting the tenth month of the year. Assyrian tebituv, “rain.”

Named in the Bible

1 verse

  • Esther 2:16 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.