Ziv — H2099

Definition

masculine proper noun

Ziv (corresponding to Ijar or May)

1. Zif = "brightness"
2. name of the 2nd month of the year, corresponding to Apr-May

Usually translated as

Zif

Origin

probably from an unused root meaning to be prominent; properly, brightness (compare H2122), i.e. (figuratively) the month of flowers

• Zîyv (H2122)

Occurrences

Ziv occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (2)

• 1 Kings 6:1 — And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif (זִ֗ו), which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.
• 1 Kings 6:37 — In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif (זִֽו):