Abib
Abib, later known as Nisan, was the first month of the Hebrew religious calendar, in which the Passover was celebrated .
The name Abib means “green fruit; ears of corn”
TimeOld Testament4 books6 verses
Summary
Name of the 1st month; called Abib (אָבִיב); or Nisan (נִיסָן).
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- Exodus 13:4אָבִיב · AbibToday, in the month of Abib, you are leaving.
- Exodus 23:15אָבִיב · AbibYou are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.
- Exodus 34:18אָבִיב · AbibYou are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, you are to eat unleavened bread as I commanded you. For in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 16:1אָבִיב · AbibObserve the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
- Nehemiah 2:1נִיסָן · NisanNow in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,
- Esther 3:7נִיסָן · NisanIn the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.