HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H435
אֱלוּל
e.lul — Elul
§ Elul = "nothingness" sixth Jewish month corresponding to modern Aug. or Sep.
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Elul
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
(Neh. 6:15), the name of the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year, and the twelfth of the civil year. It began with the new moon of our August and September, and consisted of twenty-nine days.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.