📖 Biblical Definition
Spring is the Bible's resurrection season. Passover falls in spring (Nisan); barley is harvested; the firstfruits wave-sheaf is lifted; and by no accident Christ died and rose in spring. "The Spirit of the LORD... has sent me to proclaim... the year of the LORD's favor" (Isa 61:1-2, spring imagery applied to Messianic jubilee). "For behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth" (Song 2:11-12). Spring is the reversal of what winter killed. The empty tomb on the third day of Passover — spring's climax — is the pattern for every Christian soul: winter does not have the last word.
📜 Webster 1828 Definition
SPRING, n.
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SPRING, n. [Sax. spring.] The season immediately following winter, when vegetation renews. In Scripture, spring is the season of Passover, of barley-firstfruits, and — by perfect arrangement — of Christ's death and resurrection. Every Christian Easter is a spring theological event: the winter of sin is past, the rain of judgment is over, the flowers of new creation appear.
📖 Key Scripture
Song of Songs 2:11-12 — "For behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land."
Exodus 13:4 — "Today, in the month of Abib, you are going out."
Mark 16:1-2 — "And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb."
Isaiah 43:19 — "Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert."
⚠️ Modern Corruption
Every spring is a sermon. Modern Christians often miss it; the seasons were designed to preach.
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The resurrection happened in spring. The timing was not arbitrary; every spring since preaches the pattern. What looked dead in winter rises; what looked final was not. Christians should let spring do its sermon on them: the empty branches fill; the grass returns; the flowers appear; and the Christian remembers that the winter of sin and death has been broken by the Spring of all springs. Read Song 2:11-12 standing in your garden.
🔗 Greek & Hebrew Roots
H24 — aviv.
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H24 — aviv (אָבִיב) — spring; green ears of grain; the month of Passover.
G1437 — ear (ἔαρ) — spring (rare in NT).
Usage
"The winter is past; the rain is over; the flowers appear. Song 2:11 is Easter morning in the garden."
"Every spring preaches. What looked dead in winter rises; the pattern is the gospel."