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Definition of Heshvan
1. Noun. The second month of the civil year; the eighth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in October and November).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heshvan
Literary usage of Heshvan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Twelve hundred questions and answers on the Bible, by M.H. & I.H. Myers by M H. Myers, I H. Myers (1845)
"The Perfect year has three hundred and fifty-five days, when the months Heshvan
and Chislev have each thirty days; the Common three hundred and fifty-four ..."
2. American Jewish Year Book by American Jewish Committee, Jewish Publication Society of America (1920)
"Heshvan and Kislev sometimes both have 30 days, when the year is called ...
indicated by letter n), and sometimes Heshvan has 29 days and Kislev 30 days, ..."
3. The Numismatic Chronicle by Royal Numismatic Society (Great Britain) (1895)
"Hebrew inscription signifying: “Moses Montefiore. viii [day of the month Heshvan]
5645 [anno mundi].” Obv.—In the centre an ornamental device of the Hebrew ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... Heshvan, Kislev; and winter Tebeth, Shebat, Adar, with 2d Adar for leap year.
The civil year began with the month of Nisan; the religious with Tishri. ..."
5. History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, from the Earliest Times Until the by Simon Dubnow (1916)
"... from April until July] in the summer and from the first of the month of Heshvan
until the fifteenth of Shebat [October-June] in the winter. ..."
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