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Webster 1913 Edition


Abib

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A′bib

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Noun.
[Heb.
abīb
, lit. an ear of corn. The month was so called from barley being at that time in ear.]
The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish captivity this month was called
Nisan
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Kitto.

Webster 1828 Edition


Abib

A'BIB

,
Noun.
[Heb. swelling, protuberant. To produce the first or early fruit; a full grown ear of corn.]
The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, called also Nisan. It begins at the spring equinox, and answers to the latter part of March and beginning of April. Its name is derived from the full growth of wheat in Egypt, which took place anciently, as it does now, at that season.