Sebat

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Se'bat. (A Rod). See Month .

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

The first month of the Jewish civil year, and the eleventh of the ecclesiastical year-from the new moon of February to that of March. See  Zechariah 1:7 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Numbers 1:7Calendars

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Zechariah 1:7Month

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) The eleventh month of the ancient Hebrew year, approximately corresponding with February.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

See Months

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

or rather Shebat (Heb. Shebat, שְׁבָט , A Rod or Tribe; Sept. Σαβάτ ), the fifth month of the Jewish civil year, and the eleventh of the ecclesiastical year, from the new moon of February to that of March; or, according to others, corresponding to our January. (See Month). The name is substantially the same in the Syriac and Arabic. The Jews began in this month to number the years of the trees they planted, the fruits of which were esteemed impure till the fourth year ( Zechariah 1:7). (See Jewish Calendar).