brightness; splendour; i.e., "the flower month," mentioned only in 1 Kings 6:1 1 Kings 6:37 , as the "second month." It was called Iyar by the later Jews. (See MONTH .)

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.