Lexicon :: Strong's H24 - 'āḇîḇ

אָבִיב

Transliteration

'āḇîḇ

Pronunciation

aw-beeb'

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From an unused root (meaning to be tender)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1b

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

אָבִיב ʼâbîyb, aw-beeb'; 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).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H24 in the following manner: Abib (6x), in the ear (1x), green ears of corn (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

fresh, young barley ears, barley
month of ear-forming, of greening of crop, of growing green Abib, month of exodus and passover (March or April)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

STRONGS H24: Abbreviations

† אָבִיב noun masculine^{Leviticus 2:14} collective (Lag^{BN 207} Infinitive).

1. fresh, young ears of barley Exodus 9:31; indefinite Leviticus 2:14 קָלוּי בָּאֵשׁ מִנְחַת בִּכּוּרִים ליהוה א׳.

2. חֹדֶשׁ הָֽאָבִיב month of ear-forming, or of growing green, Abib, month of Exodus & passover, Exodus 13:4; Exodus 23:15; Exodus 34:18 (twice in verse) (JE), Deuteronomy 16:1 (twice in verse) (1st month＝circa April＝הָרִאשֹׁן, הַחֹדֶשׁ הָר׳ (which see) in P; see Di Exodus 12:2;＝post-exilic H5212 נִיסָן which see).

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