Nisan

or Nis·san

[ nee-sahn, nis-uhn, nee-sahn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the seventh month of the civil year in the Jewish calendar: considered the first month of the religious year.

Nisan

/ niːˈsan /

(in the Jewish calendar) the first month of the year according to biblical reckoning and the seventh month of the civil year, usually falling within March and April

Origin of Nisan¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; from Hebrew nîsān, from Akkadian nisānu, of disputed origin

Origin of Nisan¹

from Hebrew

Some expositors claim that the beginning of the year in Ezekiel's vision was in the month of Nisan commemorating the Passover.

In each case the Jewish year is reckoned as beginning with Nisan, the month of the spring equinox.

M. On the eve of the fourteenth Nisan, search must be made for leaven by the light of a lamp .

The feast was opened on the evening of Nisan 14, Nisan being a spring month, and the first month of the Jewish year.

Ruth's time came at last, and it was also the time of the Feast of the Passover, being in the month of Nisan.

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