Bible dictionaries

Sivan

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

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Sivan - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

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).

Sivan - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

SIV'AN, n. The third month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to part of our May and part of June.

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)

se-van', si'-van (ciwan): The third month of the Jewish year, corresponding to June (Es 8:9).

See CALENDAR.

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

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

The article in Smith