English Explanatory Dictionary

Abib

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding nearly to the Gregorian April. After the Babylonish captivity this month was called Nisan.

Pronunciation

/ɑˈviv/ /ˈeɪ.bɪb/ /ˈɑ.bib/ en-us-Abib.ogg

Word forms

Abib

Etymology

From Hebrew אָבִיב (avív, literally “ears of barley”), hence “the season of beginning barley-crop”, because the grains start ripening at that time of year.

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