Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Abib"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Abib
an ear of corn, the month of newly-ripened grain (Ex. 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).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Abib \A"bib\, n. [Heb. ab[=i]b, 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}. --Kitto.
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