Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Nisan"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Nisan
month of flowers, (Neh. 2:1) the first month of the Jewish
sacred year. (See {ABIB}.) Assyrian nisannu,
"beginning."
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nisan \Ni"san\, n. [Heb. n[=i]s[=a]n.]
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Abib \A"bib\, n. [Heb. ab[=i]b, lit. an ear of corn. The month
was so called from barley being at that time in ear.]
The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year,
corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish
captivity this month was called {Nisan}. --Kitto.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Nisan
n : the seventh month of the civil year; the first month of the
ecclesiastic year (in March and April) [syn: {Nisan}, {Nissan}]
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