Lexical Definition

‎אָבִיב‎ ʼâbîyb (aw-beeb') Abib ^{H:N-M / N:N--T}
from an unused root (meaning to be tender)

Abib, ear, green ears of corn (not maize).

• green, i.e. a young ear of grain
• hence, the name of the month Abib or Nisan

1) fresh, young barley ears, barley
2) month of ear-forming, of greening of crop, of growing green Abib, month of exodus and passover (March or April)

See Greek: νέος · παρίστημι

Extended Information

• Month of exodus and passover (March or April)
• Also named: ni.san (‎נ‎ִ‎יס‎ָ‎ן‎ "Nisan" נִיסָן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אָבִיב‎ noun masculine^{Lev 2:14} collective (Lag^{BN 207} Infinitive)

1. fresh, young ears of barley Exod 9:31 indefinite Lev 2:14 ‎קָלוּי בָּאֵשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎מִנְחַת בִּכּוּרִים ליהוה א‎.

2. ‎חֹדֶשׁ‎ ‎הָֽאָבִיב‎ month of ear-forming, or of growing green, Abib, month of Exodus & passover, Exod 13:4; Exod 23:15; Exod 34:18 (twice in verse) (JE), Deut 16:1 (twice in verse) (1st month = circa April = ‎הָרִאשֹׁן‎, ‎׳‎‎הַחֹדֶשׁ הָר‎ (q. v.) in P; see Di Exod 12:2 = post-exilic ‎נִיסָן‎ q. v.)

‎אֲבִגַיִל‎ see ‎אֲבִיגַיִל‎ below II. ‎אבה‎.

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