Strong H5212נִיסָן
Nisan
- Transliteration
- nîysân
- Pronunciation
- nee-sawn'
- Morphology
- Proper Name Title (ie not the name of a person or place)
Definition
Probably of foreign origin;
{Nisan} the first month of the Jewish sacred year: - Nisan.
{Nisan} the first month of the Jewish sacred year: - Nisan.
Meaning of the name
Nisan = "their flight"
Detailed definition
Abib, later known as Nisan, was the first month of the Hebrew religious calendar, in which the Passover was celebrated .
In the Bible
Strong H5212 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- nisan2
First verses
- Nehemiah 2:1And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
- Esther 3:7In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.