◄ 7627. Shebat ►
Lexicon Shebat: Shebat Original Word: שְׁבָט Part of Speech: Noun Transliteration: Shbat Pronunciation: sheh-BAHT Phonetic Spelling: (sheb-awt') Definition: Shebat Meaning: Shebat Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Sebat Of foreign origin; Shebat, a Jewish month -- Sebat. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin of foreign origin Definition eleventh month in the Jewish calendar NASB Translation Shebat (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs שְׁבָט proper name, month Shebat, 11th month (post-exilic) = Feb.-March; loan-word from Babylonian Šabâ‰u (COTNehemiah 1:1 DlWB), Zechariah 1:7 (derived from šabâ‰u, strike, kill destroy (DlProl 38; WB), LyonBib Sacr Apr. (1884), 384 JenZA iv (1889), 273 Muss-ArnJBL xi (1892) 171 f. and others, as month of destroying rain; another conjecture in ZimKAT 3. 594 n; this month called שבט also in Nabataean, Palmyrene, see Lzb SAC111) שְׁבִי, שִׁבְיָה, שְׁבִית see שׁבה. שׁבל (√ of following; compare Arabic IV. cause to hang down, flowing dress; Assyrian šubultu, sunbultu (Meissn), Arabic , (BaNB 207), Ethiopic Aramaic שֻׁבַלְתָּא , all ear of grain). Topical Lexicon Word Origin: Derived from the Akkadian word "šabātu," which refers to the eleventh month in the Babylonian calendar. Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There are no direct corresponding Strong's Greek entries for the month of Shebat, as the Greek New Testament does not specifically mention this Hebrew month. However, the concept of months and calendrical references can be found in various Greek terms related to time and seasons. Usage: The term "Shebat" is used in the context of the Hebrew calendar to denote the eleventh month. It is mentioned in the context of dating events in the biblical narrative. Context: Shebat is recognized as the eleventh month of the Hebrew calendar, which is a lunisolar calendar used in ancient Israel. The month of Shebat typically falls in the winter season, aligning with parts of January and February in the modern Gregorian calendar. The name "Shebat" is of Babylonian origin, reflecting the influence of the Babylonian exile on the Jewish calendar system. In the Bible, Shebat is specifically mentioned in Zechariah 1:7: "On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo." (BSB). This reference situates the prophetic vision of Zechariah within a specific historical and calendrical context, emphasizing the importance of Shebat in the timeline of biblical events. The month of Shebat is also significant in Jewish tradition as it precedes the month of Adar, which contains the festival of Purim. Additionally, the 15th of Shebat, known as Tu BiShvat, is celebrated as the "New Year for Trees," a minor Jewish holiday that marks the beginning of the agricultural cycle for the planting of trees in Israel. Forms and Transliterations שְׁבָ֔ט שבט šə·ḇāṭ šəḇāṭ sheVat Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Zechariah 1:7 HEB: הוּא־ חֹ֣דֶשׁ שְׁבָ֔ט בִּשְׁנַ֥ת שְׁתַּ֖יִם NAS: is the month Shebat, in the second KJV: which [is] the month Sebat, in the second INT: which is the month Shebat year the second 1 Occurrence Strong's Hebrew 7627 1 Occurrence šə·ḇāṭ — 1 Occ.