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Definition of Shebat

1. Noun. The fifth month of the civil year: the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in January and February).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shebat

Literary usage of Shebat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Theological Studies (1904)
"In other words, the chapter of Deuteronomy which records the death of Moses was read either on the first Sabbath of Adar, or on the first Sabbath of shebat. ..."

2. A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ by Emil Schürer (1896)
"... the 7th Chisleu and the 2nd shebat are always characterized as days of ... that the 7th Chisleu was the day of Herod's death, and the 2nd shebat the day ..."

3. A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ by Emil Schürer (1890)
"In the old Megillath Taanith, the 7th Chisleu and the 2nd shebat are always characterized as days of rejoicing (see text and translation in Derenbourg, ..."

4. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1907)
"fourth of the same month, it is more than probable that Artaxerxes died on the third of shebat. The news of the death of the king must have reached Nippur ..."

5. Collection of pamphlets and articles on Judaism and Jewish life during Roman (1903)
"26-8) argues that the death of Simon could not have taken place in shebat 135, as from shebat 135 to the summer of 63 would be ' Beiträge zur Syrischen und ..."

6. The Belmont-Belmonte Family: A Record of Four Hundred Years, Put Together by Richard James Horatio Gottheil (1917)
"1677 (shebat 7). 7. Esther da Fonseca, b. 1679 (shebat 9); d. ... 1700, shebat 29), who adopted the double family-name Pereyra-Belmonte.6 Other brothers ..."

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