Easton's Bible Dictionary An ear of corn, the month of newly-ripened grain (Exodus 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 (Nehemiah 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 (Leviticus 23:4-11). Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish captivity this month was called Nisan. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ABIB a'-bib ('abhibh, young ear of barley or other grain, Exodus 9:31 Leviticus 2:14): The first month of the Israelite year, called Nisan in Nehemiah 2:1 Esther 3:7, is Abib in Exodus 13:4; Exodus 23:15; Exodus 34:18; compare Deuteronomy 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 (Exodus 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

Multi-Version Concordance Abib (5 Occurrences) Exodus 13:4 This day you go forth in the month Abib. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Exodus 23:15 You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it you came out from Egypt), and no one shall appear before me empty. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Exodus 34:18 "You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib; for in the month Abib you came out from Egypt. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Deuteronomy 16:1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to Yahweh your God; for in the month of Abib Yahweh your God brought you forth out of Egypt by night. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Ezekiel 3:15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days. (Root in KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)