Online Resource Library
Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Year
Subjects in this Topic:
yeÌ„r (ש×× ×”, shaÌ„naÌ„h, Aramaic ש×× ×”, shenah, “a return†(of the sun), like the Greek ἐνιαυτοÌÏ‚, eniautoÌs; ימי×, yaÌ„mı̄m, “days,†is also used for “year,†and the Greek ἡμεÌÏαι, heÌ„meÌrai, corresponds to it (; Lk 17, 18); ἐÌτος, eÌtos, is also employed frequently in the New Testament; for the difference between etos and eniautos, see Grimm-Thayer, under the word): The Hebrew year was solar, although the month was lunar, the adjustment being made in intercalation. See ASTRONOMY; TIME.