Heb. shanah, meaning "repetition" or "revolution" (Genesis 1:14; 5:3).

Among the ancient Egyptians the year consisted of twelve months of thirty days each, with five days added to make it a complete revolution of the earth round the sun. The Jews reckoned the year in two ways,

(1) according to a sacred calendar, in which the year began about the time of the vernal equinox, with the month Abib; and

(2) according to a civil calendar, in which the year began about the time of the autumnal equinox, with the month Nisan.

The month Tisri is now the beginning of the Jewish year.

Genesis 1:14

Divided into months
Exodus 12:2;
Numbers 10:10; 28:11
See MONTH

Annual feasts
Leviticus 25:5
See FEASTS

Redemption of houses sold, limited to one
Leviticus 25:29,30

Land to rest for one, in seven
Leviticus 25:5

Of release
Deuteronomy 15:9

Age computed by Of Abraham
Genesis 25:7

Of Jacob
Genesis 47:9

See LONGEVITY

A thousand, with the Lord is like one day
Psalms 90:4; 2 Peter 3:8

Satan to be bound for a thousand
Revelation 20:2-4,7

See JUBILEE, YEAR OF
See MILLENNIUM
See TIME

The sun and moon appointed to mark out.
Genesis 1:14

Early computation of time by.
Genesis 5:3

Divided into

Seasons.
Genesis 8:22

Months.
Genesis 7:11
I Chronicles 27:1

Weeks.
Daniel 9:27
Luke 18:12

Days.
Genesis 25:7
Esther 9:27

Length of, during the patriarchal age.
Genesis 7:11
Genesis 8:13
Genesis 7:24
Genesis 8:3

Commencement of, changed after the exodus.
Exodus 12:2

Remarkable

Sabbatical.
Leviticus 25:4

Jubilee.
Leviticus 25:11

In prophetic computation, days reckoned as.
Daniel 12:11,12

Illustrative:

(Coming to,) of manhood.
Hebrews 11:24

(Well stricken in,) of old age.
Luke 1:7

(Being full of,) of old age.
Genesis 25:8

(Acceptable,) of the time of the gospel.
Isaiah 61:2
Luke 4:19

(Of the right hand of the Most High,) of prosperity
Psalms 77:10

(Of the redeemed,) of redemption by Christ.
Isaiah 63:4

(Of visitation,) of severe judgments.
Jeremiah 11:23
Jeremiah 23:12

(Of recompenses,) of judgments.
Isaiah 34:8