Category:Nisan

Ni"san, n. Etym: [heb. nisan.]

Defn: the first month of the jewish ecclesiastical year, formerly Answering nearly to the month of april, now to march, of the Christian calendar. See abib.

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---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Nisan - Month of flowers, (Nehemiah 2:1) the first month of the Jewish sacred year. (See ABIB.) Assyrian nisannu, "beginning."