Nisan

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nisan \Ni"san\, n. [Heb. n[imac]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}.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Abib \A"bib\, n. [Heb. ab[imac]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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Nisan
       n : the seventh month of the civil year; the first month of the
           ecclesiastic year (in March and April) [syn: {Nissan}]

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 Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Nisan, standard; miracle