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Abib

אָבִיבStrong’s H0024

aviv (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.”
Exodus 9:31 KJV
Meaning
  1. 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.

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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.