Bul

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

Occurring only in 1 Kings 6:38 , applied to the eighth month, usually called Marchesvan, which see. Solomon's temple was finished in Bul.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

1 Kings 6:38Month

Holman Bible Dictionary

1 Kings 6:38

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

BUL . 1 Kings 6:38 , the Canaanite name for the month which the Babylonians termed Marcheshvan . See time.

King James Dictionary

BUL,n. The common flounder.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

See MONTHS.

People's Dictionary of the Bible

Bul. 1 Kings 6:38. See Month.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Bul. (rain). See Month .

Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary

the eighth month of the ecclesiastical year of the Jews, and the second month of the civil year. It answers to October. and consists of twenty-nine days. On the sixth day of this month the Jews fasted, because on that day Nebuchadnezzar put to death the children of Zedekiah in the presence of their unhappy father, whose eyes, after they had been witnesses of this sad spectacle, he ordered to be put out, 2 Kings 25:7 . We find the name of this month mentioned in Scripture but once, 1 Kings 6:38 .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

bul ( בּוּל , būl ): Name of the 8th month of the Jewish year ( 1 Kings 6:38 ). It is of Phoenician origin and signifies the month of rain, the beginning of the rainy season. See Calendar .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. id. בּוּל, for יְבוּל, rain, from the season of the year; Sept. Βαάλ ), the eighth ecclesiastical month of the Jewish year ( 1 Kings 6:38), answering in general to October, (See Calendar) ( Jewish) , and corresponding, according to the rabbins ( Rosh Hash ana, c. 2; Tanchum Hieros. in loc.), to MARCHESVAN (See Marchesvan) (q.v.). According to Benfey ( Ueb. die Monatsnamen einger alien Volker, p. 18), it may have derived its name from the worship of Baal (comp. the Sept. rendering), as other months appear to have been in like manner consecrated to special deities. (See Month).