Berean Strong's Lexicon Sivan: Sivan Original Word: סִיוָן Word Origin: Derived from Akkadian "simanu," meaning "season" or "time." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for the month of Sivan in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as the Greek calendar system was different from the Hebrew one. However, the Greek term for Pentecost (Strong's Greek 4005: Πεντηκοστή, Pentēkostē) is related to the festival occurring in Sivan. Usage: Sivan is the name of the third month in the Hebrew calendar, corresponding to late May and early June in the Gregorian calendar. It is a post-exilic term used to denote a specific time of the year in the Jewish calendar. Cultural and Historical Background: Sivan is significant in Jewish tradition as it is the month in which the festival of Shavuot (Pentecost) occurs. Shavuot commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai and is one of the three major pilgrimage festivals in Judaism. Historically, the month of Sivan is associated with the agricultural cycle, marking the end of the barley harvest and the beginning of the wheat harvest in ancient Israel. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof foreign origin Definition third month of the Jewish year NASB Translation Sivan (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs סִיוָן proper name of 3rd month, Siwan = May-June (loan-word from Assyrian -Babylonian Simânu, compare SchrCOT Nehemiah 1:1 Muss-ArnJRL xi (1892), 82 ff.; Palmyrene סיון Lzb328 Cook84); — ׳בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישֹׁי הוּאתֹֿדֶשׁ ס Esther 8:9. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Sivan Probably of Persian origin; Sivan, the third Heb. Month -- Sivan. Forms and Transliterations סִיוָ֗ן סיון sî·wān siVan sîwānLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Esther 8:9 HEB: הוּא־ חֹ֣דֶשׁ סִיוָ֗ן בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֣ה וְעֶשְׂרִים֮ NAS: (that is, the month Sivan), on the twenty-third KJV: that [is], the month Sivan, on the three INT: he that the month Sivan the three and twentieth |