Abib

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Abib \A"bib\, n. [Heb. ab[imac]b, lit. an ear of corn. The month
     was so called from barley being at that time in ear.]
     The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year,
     corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish
     captivity this month was called {Nisan}. --Kitto.
     [1913 Webster]



From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Abib
     an ear of corn, the month of newly-ripened grain (Ex. 13:4;
     23:15); the first of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, and the
     seventh of the civil year. It began about the time of the vernal
     equinox, on 21st March. It was called Nisan, after the Captivity
     (Neh. 2:1). On the fifteenth day of the month, harvest was begun
     by gathering a sheaf of barley, which was offered unto the Lord
     on the sixteenth (Lev. 23:4-11).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Abib, green fruit; ears of corn