‖Abib|ˈeɪbɪb|[Heb.ābīb,lit.a spike of corn.]The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical, the seventh of the civil year, afterwards called Nisan.1535CoverdaleExod.xiii. 4This daye are ye gone out, euen in y⊇ moneth of Abib.1833PennyCycl.I. 29In the calendar of the modern Jews, Abib is no longer the beginning of the year, its place being usurped by Tisri, which was anciently the seventh month. Abib contains thirty days, and must not begin on Monday, Wednesday, or Friday.