H24 - אָבִיב (ʼâbîyb)

H24 אָבִיב (ʼâbîyb) aw-beeb'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

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

KJV Usage: Abib, ear, green ears of corn (not maize)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אָבִיב (a.viv) — Abib. Month of exodus and passover (March or April) Also named: ni.san (נִיסָן "Nisan" H5212) This name means fresh, young barley ears, barley

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

אָבִיב (H0024)

noun c

Plants

ear = uppermost part ◄ of a grain plant, ► which contains the seeds

LEV 2:14

Stage | ≈ גִּבְעֹל

plant in the ear = grain plant that has reached the final stage of its growth, which means that the ear containing the seeds has formed; this also implies that the plant is more vulnerable to weather conditions, such as hail

EXO 9:31

noun c

Names of Times

Abib = month, equivalent to period March/April, ► which was the month when the ears were formed in the new grain; pre-exilic

EXO 13:4 · EXO 23:15 · EXO 34:18 · EXO 34:18 · DEU 16:1 · DEU 16:1

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

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.)

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