Abib
אָבִיבStrong’s H0024aviv (a-viv)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Aviv is the Hebrew word usually translated “abib” and “young barley ear”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.”
Meaning
- Month of exodus and passover (March or April)
How it's translated
- abib 6
- young barley ear 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 4
- Leviticus 1
- Deuteronomy 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Hebrew dictionary
אָבִיב aviv · Abib
Month of exodus and passover (March or April) Also named: ni.san (נִיסָן "Nisan" H5212) This name means fresh, young barley ears, barley
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “abib” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
A'BIB, noun
[Heb. swelling, protuberant. To produce the first or early fruit; a full grown ear of corn.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.