Bible dictionaries
Nisan
What Bible dictionaries say about “Nisan”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Nisan - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
Month of flowers, (Neh. 2:1) the first month of the Jewish sacred year. (See [442]ABIB.) Assyrian nisannu, "beginning."
Nisan - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
NIS'AN, n. A month of the Jewish calendar, the first month of the sacred year and seventh of the civil year, answering nearly to our March. It was originally called Abibi, but began to be called Nisan after the captivity.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
ni'-san (nican): The first month of the Jewish year in which occurred the Passover and which corresponds to April. The month is the same as Abib, which occurs in the Pentateuch. Nisan occurs in Ne 2:1 and Es 3:7. It denotes "the month of flowers."
See CALENDAR.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915Smith’s Bible Dictionary
William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3
The article in Smith