Zif — the meaning of the Hebrew name זִו

זִו

Ziv · pronounced zeev' · Strong's H2099 · a man

Zif means Ziv (corresponding to Ijar or May).

Strong's definition

probably from an unused root meaning to be prominent; properly, brightness (compare H2122), i.e. (figuratively) the month of flowers; Ziv (corresponding to Ijar or May).

First appearance

1Kgs 6:1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord. (KJV)

Every verse that names Zif

2 occurrences in 2 verses — 1 Kings

1Kgs 6:11Kgs 6:37

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