Abib

British  

/ ɑˈbiːb /

noun

1. Judaism an older name for the month of Nisan

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Etymology

Origin of Abib

Hebrew ābhībh ear of grain, hence the month when grain was fresh

Example Sentences

“The future looks bright for Exxon Mobil regardless of potential oil price volatility or economic uncertainty,” said Osmar Abib, global head of oil and gas investment banking at Credit Suisse.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2017

Young Karshish was the best student in his department at the university; he has won a travelling fellowship, and writes letters home to Professor Abib, the Dean of the Graduate School.

From Robert Browning: How to Know Him by Phelps, William Lyon

"An Epistle" relates the strange experience of Karshish, an Arab physician, as recorded in a letter to his master Abib.

From Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived by Long, William Joseph

He is afraid Abib will be disgusted with him, will call him home, as a disgrace to the university he represents.

From Robert Browning: How to Know Him by Phelps, William Lyon

Nisan, nī′san, n. the name given after the Captivity to the Jewish month Abib.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various