{ Tham"muz (?), Tam"muz (?), } n.
[Heb. thammūz.] 1. A deity among the
ancient Syrians, in honor of whom the Hebrew idolatresses held an annual
lamentation. This deity has been conjectured to be the same with the
Phœnician Adon, or Adonis. Milton.
2. The fourth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical
year, -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of July.
{ Tham"muz (?), Tam"muz (?), } n.
[Heb. thammūz.] 1. A deity among the
ancient Syrians, in honor of whom the Hebrew idolatresses held an annual
lamentation. This deity has been conjectured to be the same with the
Phœnician Adon, or Adonis. Milton.
2. The fourth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical
year, -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of July.