Abib
Easton's Bible Dictionary
An ear of corn, the month of newly-ripened grain (Exod 13:4; 23:15); the first of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, and the seventh of the civil year. It began about the time of the vernal equinox, on 21st March. It was called Nisan, after the Captivity (Neh 2:1). On the fifteenth day of the month, harvest was begun by gathering a sheaf of barley, which was offered unto the Lord on the sixteenth (Lev 23:4-11).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
a'-bib ('abhibh, young ear of barley or other grain, Exod 9:31; Lev 2:14): The first month of the Israelite year, called Nisan in Neh 2:1; Esth 3:7, is Abib in Exod 13:4; Exod 23:15; Exod 34:18; compare Deut 16:1. Abib is not properly a name of a month, but part of a descriptive phrase, "the month of young ears of grain." This may indicate the Israelite way of determining the new year (Exod 12:2), the year beginning with the new moon nearest or next preceding this stage of the growth of the barley. The year thus indicated was practically the same with the old Babylonian year, and presumably came in with Abraham. The Pentateuchal laws do not introduce it, though they define it, perhaps to distinguish it from the Egyptian wandering year.
See Calendar.
Willis J. Beecher
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