- Chisleu
- The name adopted from the Babylonians by the Jews after the Captivity for the third civil, or ninth ecclesiastical, month (Neh. 1:1; Zech. 7:1). It corresponds nearly with the moon in November.
Easton's Bible Dictionary. M.G. Easton. 1897.
Chisleu
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