Bible dictionaries

Elul

What Bible dictionaries say about “Elul”, one article after the other.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Elul - (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.

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

The article in Easton + Webster 1828

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)

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.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2

The article in ISBE 1915

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

(vine; gleaning). (Nehemiah 6:15) 1Macc 14:27. [MONTH]

William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3

The article in Smith