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Elul
(Neh. 6:15), the name of the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year, and the twelfth of the civil year. It began with the new moon of our August and September, and consisted of twenty-nine days.
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(vine; gleaning). (Nehemiah 6:15) 1Macc 14:27. [Month]
In the Bible
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Verses where Elul is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Nehemiah 6:15
So the wall was completed in fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth of Elul.
Scripture on Elul
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Entries that reference Elul
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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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