King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H24
Transliteration: 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
Word 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.