Brightness; splendour; i.e., "the flower month," mentioned only in 1 Kings 6:1, 37, as the "second month." It was called Iyar by the later Jews. (See Month.)
·noun The second month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding to our May. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
this or that; brightness; comeliness ...
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
(1 Kings 6:1) [Month] ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
A general corruption of housewife. A very useful contrivance for holding needles and thread, and the...
The Sailor's Word-Book