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fresh, young ears, also Canaanite name for the first month of the Jewish calendar Original Word: אָבִיבTransliteration: abib Phonetic Spelling: (aw-beeb') Short Definition: Abib
from an unused word Definition fresh, young ears, also Canaanite name for the first month of the Jewish calendar NASB Word Usage Abib (6), ear (1), fresh heads (1), fresh heads of grain (1). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation All rights reserved Lockman.org
From an unused root (meaning to be tender); green, i.e. A young ear of grain; hence, the name of the month Abib or Nisan -- Abib, ear, green ears of corn (not maize).
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