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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the twelfth month of the civil year; the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in August and September) [syn: Elul, Ellul]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Hebrew ?l?l Date: 1535 the 12th month of the civil year or the 6th month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar — see month table

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Elul E"lul, n. [Heb.] The sixth month of the Jewish year, by the sacred reckoning, or the twelfth, by the civil reckoning, corresponding nearly to the month of September.

Hitchcock Bible Dictionary

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Easton's Bible Dictionary

(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.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

e'-lul, e-lool' ('elul, Ne 6:15; Eloul, /APC 1Macc 14:27):

The 6th month of the Hebrew year, corresponding to August-September. The derivation is uncertain.

See TIME.

Dictionary of Ro

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