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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sivan  \Si"van\,  n.  [Heb.  s[=i]v[=a]n.] 
  The  third  month  of  the  Jewish  ecclesiastical  year;  -- 
  supposed  to  correspond  nearly  with  our  month  of  June. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Sivan 
  n  :  the  ninth  month  of  the  civil  year;  the  third  month  of  the 
  ecclesiastical  year  in  the  Jewish  calendar  (in  May  and 
  June)  [syn:  {Sivan},  {Siwan}] 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Sivan 
  a  Persian  word  (Assyr,  sivanu,  "bricks"),  used  after  the 
  Captivity  as  the  name  of  the  third  month  of  the  Jewish  year, 
  extending  from  the  new  moon  in  June  to  the  new  moon  in  July 
  (Esther  8:9). 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Sivan,  a  bush  or  thorn 
 




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