Every Name in Tanakh

כִּסְלֵו Chisleu

Every verse in which this name stands — 2 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 116×2 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

The 9th Hebrew month. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Zechariah 7:1 and last at Nehemiah 1:1.

Zechariah 7:1זכריה ז:א

וַֽיְהִי בִּשְׁנַת אַרְבַּע לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ הַמֶּלֶךְ הָיָה דְבַר־יְהוָה אֶל־זְכַרְיָה בְּאַרְבָּעָה לַחֹדֶשׁ הַתְּשִׁעִי בְּכִסְלֵֽו

And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chislev;

Nehemiah 1:1נחמיה א:א

דִּבְרֵי נְחֶמְיָה בֶּן־חֲכַלְיָה וַיְהִי בְחֹֽדֶשׁ־כסלו שְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים וַאֲנִי הָיִיתִי בְּשׁוּשַׁן הַבִּירָֽה

THE WORDS of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the castle,

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Chisleu?

Chisleu — כסלו in Hebrew — has a gematria of 116 in the standard method.

How many times is Chisleu named in the Tanakh?

2 times, first at Zechariah 7:1.

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