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Ab
Open directlySmith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
See Month. (father), an element in the composition of many proper names, of which Abba is a Chaldaic form, having the sense of “endowed with,” “possessed of.”
Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
AB. See Month.
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
AB. See Month.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: preposition (prep.)
A prefix in many words of Latin origin. It signifies from, away , separating, or departure, as in abduct, abstract, abscond. See A- (6).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August. W. Smith.