Tebeth

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Te'beth. See Month .

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

 Esther 2:16 , the tenth month of the Hebrew sacred year, commencing with the new moon in January.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Esther 2:16Calendars

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) The tenth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of December with a part of January.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Esther 2:16

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Tebeth , See Time.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

(See Month .)

Morrish Bible Dictionary

See Months

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Tebeth', טֵבֵת , apparently of Assyrian origin, Tibituo), the tenth month ( Esther 2:16) of the sacred year of the Hebrews, corresponding in the main to January. Jerome has the following comment upon  Ezekiel 29:1 : "Decimus mensis, qui Hebrseis appellatur Tebeth, et apud Egyptios [with whom it was the fifth month] Τύβι [or Τωβί , Coptic Tobi ]; apud Romanos. Januarius." In Arabic it is called Tubah, in Greek Τυβί or Τήβ , and in Sanskrit Tapas. (See Jewish Calendar).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

te - beth ´, tē´beth ( טבת , ṭēbhēth ): The tenth month of the Jewish year, corresponding to January (  Esther 2:16 ). See Calendar .

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Te´beth, the tenth month of the sacred year of the Hebrews, commenced with the new moon in December, and terminated at the new moon in January.