Lexical Summary abib: fresh, young ears, also Canaanite name for the first month of the Jewish calendar Original Word: אָבִיבTransliteration: abib Phonetic Spelling: (aw-beeb') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: fresh, young ears, also Canaanite name for the first month of the Jewish calendar Meaning: fresh, young ears, also Canaanite name for the first month of the Jewish calendar Strong's Concordance Abib, ear, green ears of corn not maize From an unused root (meaning to be tender); green, i.e. A young ear of grain; hence, the name of the month Abib or Nisan -- Abib, ear, green ears of corn (not maize). Brown-Driver-Briggs H24. abib אָבִיב noun masculineLeviticus 2:14 collective (LagBN 207 Infinitive) 1 fresh, young ears of barley Exodus 9:31; indefinite Leviticus 2:14 א ליהוה בִּכּוּרִים ׳מִנְחַת בָּאֵשׁ קָלוּי. 2 הָֽאָבִיב חֹדֶשׁ month of ear-forming, or of growing green, Abib, month of Exodus & passover, Exodus 13:4; 23:15; 34:18 (twice in verse) (JE), Deuteronomy 16:1 (twice in verse) (1st month = circa April = הָר ׳הַחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשֹׁן, (q. v.) in P; see Di Exodus 12:2; = post-exilic נִיסָן q. v.) אֲבִגַיִל see אֲבִיגַיִל below II. אבה. |
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