H2099: זִו
Ziv · pronounced zeev' · “Ziv”
Definition
Ziv (corresponding to Ijar or May)
KJV translates it as: Zif.
Word origin: probably from an unused root meaning to be prominent; properly, brightness (compare H2122 (זִיו)), i.e. (figuratively) the month of flowers;
Extended definition
§ Zif = "brightness"
name of the 2nd month of the year, corresponding to Apr-May
name of the 2nd month of the year, corresponding to Apr-May
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H2099 is translated
- ziv ×2
Bible verses with H2099 (Ziv)
Ziv appears in 2 verses.
- 1 Kings 6:1
And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord.
- 1 Kings 6:37
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif: