Zif. 1Ki_6:1. See Month.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
zif. See ZIV.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Zif (bloom-month), an ante-Exilian name of the second Hebrew month (1Ki_6:1-37), corresponding with our April and May. This, the second month of the sacred, was the eighth of the civil year. The second month bore also the name Iyar.
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
(Heb. Ziv, זְו, bloom; Sept. Ζιού v.r. Νεισώ, Vulg. Zio), the early name (1Ki_6:1; 1Ki_6:37) of the second Hebrew month IYAR SEE IYAR (q.v.), corresponding to April or May. SEE CALENDAR.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.