the name adopted from the Babylonians by the Jews after the Captivity for the third civil, or ninth ecclesiastical, month ( Nehemiah 1:1 ; Zechariah 7:1 ). It corresponds nearly with the moon in November.

These dictionary topics are from
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.