Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H7627 |
|---|---|
| Word: | שְׁבָט |
| Part of Speech: | Noun/t. |
| Etymology: | of foreign origin |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | Shbat |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | sheb-awt' |
| Meaning: | 1. Shebat, a Jewish month |
| KJV Renderings: | Sebat. |
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שְׁבָט proper name [month] Shebat, 11th month (post-exilic) = Feb.-March; loan-word from Babylonian Šabâ‰u (COT Neh 1:1 DlWB), Zech 1:7 (derived from šabâ‰u , strike, kill destroy (DlProl 38 ; WB), LyonBib Sacr Apr. (1884), 384 JenZA iv (1889), 273 Muss-ArnJBL xi (1892) 171 f. and others, as month of destroying rain; another conjecture in ZimKAT 3. 594 n ; this month called שבט also in Nabataean, Palmyrene, see Lzb SAC111)
שְׁבִי, שִׁבְיָה, שְׁבִית see שׁבה .
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