Easton's Bible Dictionary 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.) Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The second month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding to our May. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ZIF zif. See ZIV.

Multi-Version Concordance Zif (2 Occurrences) 1 Kings 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 DBY WBS YLT) 1 Kings 6:37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif: (KJV DBY WBS YLT)