Strong's Hebrew · H24

אָבִיב

ʼâbîyb · aw-beeb'

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

Definition

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

Derivation

from an unused root (meaning to be tender);

Appears 8 times in Scripture

Exodus 34:18

You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, you are to eat unleavened bread as I commanded you. For in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt.

Leviticus 2:14

If you bring a grain offering of firstfruits to the LORD, you shall offer crushed heads of new grain roasted on the fire.

Exodus 9:31

(Now the flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley was ripe and the flax was in bloom;

Deuteronomy 16:1

Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

Exodus 23:15

You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.

Exodus 13:4

Today, in the month of Abib, you are leaving.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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