Zif

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Zif.  1 Kings 6:1. See Month .

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

The second month of the Hebrew year, also called Iyar, and nearly corresponding to our May,  1 Kings 6:1 .

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 1 Kings 6:1,37Month

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) The second month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding to our May.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

See MONTHS.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Ziv, זְו , Bloom; Sept. Ζιού v.r. Νεισώ, Vulg. Zio ), the early name ( 1 Kings 6:1;  1 Kings 6:37) of the second Hebrew month IYAR (See Iyar) (q.v.), corresponding to April or May. (See Calendar).

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Zif (bloom-month), an ante-Exilian name of the second Hebrew month (), corresponding with our April and May. This, the second month of the sacred, was the eighth of the civil year. The second month bore also the name Iyar.