Thăm'muz, n.

n. [Heb. thammūz.] [Written also Tammuz.]

1. A deity among the Syrians, in honor of whom the Hebrew idolatr esses held an annual lamentation. This deity was the same with the Phenician Adon, or Adonis. Ezek. viii. 14.
2. The tenth month of the Jewish civil year, containing 29 days, and answering to a part of June and a part of July.