Nisan
or Nis·san
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- Compare Jewish calendar.
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How to use Nisan in a sentence
Some expositors claim that the beginning of the year in Ezekiel's vision was in the month of Nisan commemorating the Passover.
The Prophet Ezekiel | Arno C. GaebeleinIn each case the Jewish year is reckoned as beginning with Nisan, the month of the spring equinox.
The Astronomy of the Bible | E. Walter MaunderM. On the eve of the fourteenth Nisan, search must be made for leaven by the light of a lamp .
The Worlds Greatest Books, Volume XIII. | VariousThe feast was opened on the evening of Nisan 14, Nisan being a spring month, and the first month of the Jewish year.
A Brief Bible History | James Oscar BoydRuth's time came at last, and it was also the time of the Feast of the Passover, being in the month of Nisan.
The Scapegoat | Hall Caine
British Dictionary definitions for 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 Nisan
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