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Tisri
Tisri, also called Ethanim, was the seventh month of the religious year and the first month of the civil year in the Hebrew calendar.
Definition
Tisri, also called Ethanim, was the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year and the first month of the civil year in the Hebrew calendar.
Biblical Usage
It is identified with Ethanim in the account of the dedication of Solomon’s temple.
Historical Background
The Assyrian inscriptions call the month Tasaritu, meaning “beginning.”
Scripture References
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
The first month of the civil year, and the seventh of the ecclesiastical year. See ETHANIM (1 Kings 8:2). Called in the Assyrian inscriptions Tasaritu, i.e. “beginning.”