Grain Ears

† II. שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת n.f. ear of grain;—שׁ׳ abs. Jb 24:24 +; pl. שִׁבֳּלִים Gn 41:5 +, cstr. שִׁבֳּלֵי Zc 4:12;—ear, Gn 41:5, 6, 7(×2), 22, 23, 24(×2), 26, 27; Is 17:5(×2); Ru 2:2; Jb 24:24; transf. spike (Pusey), end of olive bough Zc 4:12.

† אָבִיב n.m. Lv 2:14 coll. (LagBN 207 Inf.) 1. fresh, young ears of barley Ex 9:31; indef. Lv 2:14 מִנְחַת בִּכּוּרִים ליהוה א׳ קָלוּי בָּאֵשׁ. 2. חֹדֶשׁ הָֽאָבִיב month of ear-forming, or of growing green, Abib, month of Exodus & passover, Ex 13:4; 23:15; 34:18, 18 (JE), Dt 16:1, 1 (1st month = c. April = הָרִאשֹׁן, הַחֹדֶשׁ הָר׳ (q.v.) in P; v. Di Ex 12:2; = postexilic נִיסָן q.v.)

στάχυς [στᾰχῡς Refs 5th c.BC+, υος, ὁ: plural στάχυες Refs.1424a333, etc.; Epic dialect dative σταχύεσσιν LXX+8th c.BC+—ear of corn, in plural, Il.[same place], NT+8th c.BC+; τοὺς ὑπερέχοντας τῶν σ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐκ καλάμης.. στάχυες, of Bacchylides' poems, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the crop reaped by Cleon in capturing the Spartans at Sphacteria, Refs 5th c.BC+; βίον θερίζειν ὥστε κάρπιμον σ. Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 generally, scion, progeny, σ. ἄρσην Refs 3rd c.BC+; δισσὸν Βορέον σ. Refs 4th c.AD+; Ἑλλάδος ἀμώων ἄγαμον σ. Refs __3 name of the chief star in the constellation Virgo, Spica Virginis, Refs 4th c.BC+ __II lower part of the abdomen, Refs 1st c.AD+ __III base horehound, Stachys germanica, Refs 1st c.AD+ __IV νάρδου στάχυς,= ναρδόσταχυς, Refs; ὁ τῆς νάρδου σ. Refs 2nd c.AD+ __V surgical bandage, 'spica' bandage, Refs 1st c.AD+ __VI παρὰ τοῖς ναυπηγοῖς τὸ ἐπὶ τῆς φάλαγγος μεριζόμενον, Refs 5th c.AD+ __VII = Heb. shibboleth, LXX

† [מְלִילָה] n.f. ear of wheat, etc. (perhaps as rubbed or scraped, cf. NH הַמּוֹלֵל מְלִילוֹת);—only pl. abs. מְלִילוֹת Dt 23:26 (cf. Di).