ABIB, is the Name given by the Hebrews to the first Month of their Ecclesiastical Year. This Month was afterwards called Nisan. It answers to our March. Abib signifies green Ears of Corn, or fresh Fruits, according to St. Jerom’s Translation: Mense novarum frugum, Exod. xiii. 4.
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