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Abib

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H24

אָבִיב

a.viv — Abib

Month of exodus and passover (March or April) Also named: ni.san (נִיסָן "Nisan" H5212) This name means fresh, young barley ears, barley

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5212

נִיסָן

ni.san — Nisan

Nisan = "their flight" the 1st month of the Jewish calendar corresponding to March or April Another name of a.viv (אָבִיב "Abib" H0024)

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GREEK · G307

ἀναβιβάζω

anabibazō — to pull up

ἀνα-βιβάζω (causal of ἀναβαίνω), [in LXX chiefly for עָלָה hi., also for רָכַב hi., etc. ;] to make go up, draw up, as a ship (Xen.): σαγήνην, Mat.13:48 (metaphorically, MM, VGT, see word).† (AS)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4036

מָגוֹר מִסָּבִיב

ma.gor mis.sa.viv — `Terror on Every Side`

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.20.1; also translated "Terror on Every Side" at Jer.20.3; Another name of pash.chur (פַּשְׁחוּר "Pashhur" H6583I) § Magor-missabib = "terror on every side" the name given Pashur the priest by Jeremiah when Pashur smote him and put him in the stocks for prophesying against the idolatry of Jerusalem

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GREEK · G2601

καταβιβάζω

katabibazō — to bring down

κατα-βιβάζω [in LXX for יָרַד (hi., etc.): Deu.21:4, Eze.31:16, al. ;] to cause to go down, cast down: pass., ἕως ᾅδου, Mat.11:23 (WH, R, mg.), Luk.10:15 (WH, mg.).† (AS)

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GREEK · G6813

διαβιβάζω

diabibazō — to cause to pass over

to carry over or across, to transport , δ. τὸν στρατὸν κατὰ γεφύρας (Herdotus Historicus); ἐς τὴν νῆσον τοὺς ὁπλίτας (Thucydides) (ML)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8512

תֵּל אָבִיב

tel a.viv — Tel-abib

§ Tel-abib = "mound of the flood" a city in Babylon, the home of the prophet Ezekiel, located on the river Chebar which was probably a branch of the Euphrates

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Historical dictionary entry

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).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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