7627. Shebat

Lexicon

Shebat: Shebat

Original Word: שְׁבָט
Part of Speech: Noun
Transliteration: Shbat
Pronunciation: sheh-BAHT
Phonetic Spelling: (sheb-awt')
Definition: Shebat
Meaning: Shebat

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Sebat

Of foreign origin; Shebat, a Jewish month -- Sebat.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of foreign origin
Definition
eleventh month in the Jewish calendar
NASB Translation
Shebat (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

שְׁבָט proper name, month Shebat, 11th month (post-exilic) = Feb.-March; loan-word from Babylonian Šabâ‰u (COT^{Nehemiah 1:1} Dl^WB), Zechariah 1:7 (derived from šabâ‰u, strike, kill destroy (Dl^{Prol 38}; WB), Lyon^{Bib Sacr Apr. (1884), 384} Jen^{ZA iv (1889), 273} Muss-Arn^{JBL xi (1892) 171 f.} and others, as month of destroying rain; another conjecture in Zim^{KAT 3. 594 n}; this month called שבט also in Nabataean, Palmyrene, see Lzb SAC¹¹¹)

שְׁבִי, שִׁבְיָה, שְׁבִית see שׁבה.

שׁבל (√ of following; compare Arabic IV. cause to hang down, flowing dress; Assyrian šubultu, sunbultu (Meissn), Arabic , (Ba^{NB 207}), Ethiopic Aramaic שֻׁבַלְתָּא , all ear of grain).

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the Akkadian word "šabātu," which refers to the eleventh month in the Babylonian calendar.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There are no direct corresponding Strong's Greek entries for the month of Shebat, as the Greek New Testament does not specifically mention this Hebrew month. However, the concept of months and calendrical references can be found in various Greek terms related to time and seasons.

Usage: The term "Shebat" is used in the context of the Hebrew calendar to denote the eleventh month. It is mentioned in the context of dating events in the biblical narrative.

Context: Shebat is recognized as the eleventh month of the Hebrew calendar, which is a lunisolar calendar used in ancient Israel. The month of Shebat typically falls in the winter season, aligning with parts of January and February in the modern Gregorian calendar. The name "Shebat" is of Babylonian origin, reflecting the influence of the Babylonian exile on the Jewish calendar system.

In the Bible, Shebat is specifically mentioned in Zechariah 1:7: "On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo." (BSB). This reference situates the prophetic vision of Zechariah within a specific historical and calendrical context, emphasizing the importance of Shebat in the timeline of biblical events.

The month of Shebat is also significant in Jewish tradition as it precedes the month of Adar, which contains the festival of Purim. Additionally, the 15th of Shebat, known as Tu BiShvat, is celebrated as the "New Year for Trees," a minor Jewish holiday that marks the beginning of the agricultural cycle for the planting of trees in Israel.

Forms and Transliterations

שְׁבָ֔ט שבט šə·ḇāṭ šəḇāṭ sheVat

Englishman's Concordance

Zechariah 1:7
HEB: הוּא־ חֹ֣דֶשׁ שְׁבָ֔ט בִּשְׁנַ֥ת שְׁתַּ֖יִם
NAS: is the month Shebat, in the second
KJV: which [is] the month Sebat, in the second
INT: which is the month Shebat year the second

1 Occurrence

Strong's Hebrew 7627
1 Occurrence

šə·ḇāṭ — 1 Occ.