Topic
Elul
4 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Nehemiah 6:15Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave The Jews finish the wall of Jerusalem in the month of
¶ So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
- 1 Maccabees 14:27Smith · ISBE
So then they wrote it in tables of brass, which they set upon pillars in mount Sion: and this is the copy of the writing; The eighteenth day of the month Elul, in the hundred threescore and twelfth year, being the third year of Simon the high priest,
- Haggai 1:14Nave Zerubbabel builds the temple in the month of
And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of…
- Haggai 1:15Nave Zerubbabel builds the temple in the month of
In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
(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.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 2 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 2 references
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.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.