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Nisan
or Nis·san
[ nee-sahn, nis-uhn, nee-sahn ]
noun
- the seventh month of the civil year in the Jewish calendar: considered the first month of the religious year.
Nisan
/ niːˈsan /
noun
- (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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Nisan1
First recorded in 1350–1400; from Hebrew nîsān, from Akkadian nisānu, of disputed origin
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Nisan1
from Hebrew
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Example Sentences
Some expositors claim that the beginning of the year in Ezekiel's vision was in the month of Nisan commemorating the Passover.
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In each case the Jewish year is reckoned as beginning with Nisan, the month of the spring equinox.
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M. On the eve of the fourteenth Nisan, search must be made for leaven by the light of a lamp .
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The feast was opened on the evening of Nisan 14, Nisan being a spring month, and the first month of the Jewish year.
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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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