Fausset Bible Dictionary: Abib

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Fausset Bible Dictionary: Abib


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The month Nisan. ("ears of grain", namely, barley ().) (See MONTHS.) On the 15th day of Nisan, the Jews began harvest by gathering a sheaf of barley firstfruits, and on the 16th day of Nisan, offered it (-14). On the 10th day of Nisan, the Passover lamb was taken, on the 14th day of Nisan, slain and eaten.