zivhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/ziv_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_useZiv, n.
Revised 2021

Zivnoun

Jewish History.
  1. a1382–
    In the ancient Hebrew calendar: the second month of the religious year and the eighth of the civil year, usually coinciding with parts of April and May.
    The month was later called Iyyar (see Iyyar n.).
    1. (a1382)
      Þe ferþe ȝeer þe hous of þe lord is foundid in þe monyþ of ȝio [a1425 Corpus Christi Oxford MS. Zio; Latin zio].
      Bible (Wycliffite, early version) (Bodleian MS. 959) (1963) 3 Kings vi. 37
      [Composed a1382]
    2. 1611
      In the fourth yeere was the foundation of the house of the Lord layd, in the moneth Zif.
      Bible (King James) 1 Kings vi. 37
    3. 1965
      When the month of Abib passed and Ziv came again..the two leaders began to lose courage.
      J. A. Michener, Source (1966) 234
    4. 2005
      He notes that the foundation was laid in Ziv, the 2nd month of Solomon's 4th year.
      M. C. Tetley, Reconstructed Chronol. of Divided Kingdom vi. 105

Ziv, n. was revised in March 2021.

Ziv, n. was last modified in July 2023.