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Definition of Shevat
1. Noun. The fifth month of the civil year: the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in January and February).
Group relationships: Hebrew Calendar, Jewish Calendar
Generic synonyms: Jewish Calendar Month
Definition of Shevat
1. Proper noun. (Judaism) The fifth month of the civil year in the Jewish calendar, after Tevet and before Adar. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shevat
Literary usage of Shevat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Judaism: Or, A Brief Account of the Opinions, Traditions, Rites by John Allen (1830)
"We read of Nisan the first month ; Sivan, the third month; Chisleu, the ninth
month; Teveth, the tenth month; shevat, the eleventh month; and Adar, ..."
2. Muraviev's Journey to Khiva Through the Turcoman Country, 1819-20 by Nikolaĭ N. Murav'ev, Lockhart (1871)
"shevat.—A small town of 2000 inhabitants. IV. Kelt. ... Both shevat and Kett are
walled, and both engage principally in trade with the Kirgis. ..."
3. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1882)
"... the 19th day of the month shevat, in the year 5641 AM, corresponding to the
19th of January, 1881, the holy covenant of marriage was entered into, ..."
4. Jewish Education in New York City by Alexander Mordecai Dushkin (1918)
"... Asar b'shevat) ; the commemoration of such national American holidays as the
Fourth of July, ..."
5. Jewish Education in New York City by Alexander Mordecai Dushkin (1918)
"... Asar b'shevat); the commemoration of such national American holidays as the
Fourth of July, Thanksgiving Day, and the Birthdays of Washington and ..."
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