Strong H24אָבִיב
Abib
- Transliteration
- 'âbîyb
- Pronunciation
- aw-beeb'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine) OR Proper Name of some kind
Definition
From an unused root (meaning to be tender);
{green} that is a young ear of grain; hence the name of the month Abib or Nisan: - {Abib} {ear} green ears of corn.
{green} that is a young ear of grain; hence the name of the month Abib or Nisan: - {Abib} {ear} green ears of corn.
Detailed definition
STEP sense: Abib
Exact lexical definition: green
Part of speech: noun
BDB context: אָבִיב n.m . Lv 2:14 coll . (Lag BN 207 Inf.) fresh , young ears of barley Ex 9:31 ; indef. Lv 2:14 מִנְחַת בִּכּוּרִים לַיהוָה א׳ קָלוּי בָּאֵשׁ . חֹדֶשׁ הָֽאָבִֽיב month of ear-forming, or of growing green, Abib , month of Exodus & passover, Ex 13:4 23:15 34:18 , 18 (JE), Dt 16:1 , 1 (1st month = c. April = הָרִאשֹׁן , הַחֹדֶשׁ הָר׳ (q.v.) in P; v. Di Ex 12:2 ; = postexilic נִיסָן q.v.)
In the biblical story
Abib
The first month of the Hebrew religious calendar
Abib, later known as Nisan, was the first month of the Hebrew religious calendar, in which the Passover was celebrated .
In the Bible
Strong H24 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- abib4
- ear2
First verses
- Exodus 9:31And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
- Exodus 13:4This day came ye out in the month Abib.
- Exodus 23:15Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)
- Exodus 34:18The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
- Leviticus 2:14And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the Lord, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.
- Deuteronomy 16:1Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the Lord thy God: for in the month of Abib the Lord thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.