- a variation of Aviv.
Abib
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Abib
Hebrew ābhībh ear of grain, hence the month when grain was fresh
Example Sentences
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“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
Though he's deeply impressed with the subject, he approaches it with extreme diffidence, writing to the "all-sagacious" Abib.
From An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry by Hiram Corson
Seven days the people ate unleavened bread, in the month of Abib.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike
Their first month was called Abib, from the earing of Corn in that month.
From The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended To which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great by Sir Isaac Newton
The Very God! think, Abib, dost thou think?
From Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East by A. Hume-Griffith
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