HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7627
שְׁבָט
she.vat — Shebat
§ Sebat = "a rod" 11th month in the post-exilic Jewish calendar corresponding to Jan or Feb
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Sebat
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
The eleventh month of the Hebrew year, extending from the new moon of February to that of March (Zech. 1:7). Assyrian sabatu, “storm.” (See MONTH.)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.