Reference: Nisan
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A Hebrew month, nearly answering to our April, but varying somewhat from year to year, according to the course of the moon. It was the seventh month of the civil year; but was made the first month of the sacred year, at the coming out of Egypt, Ex 12:2. By Moses it is called Abib, Ex 13:4. The name Nisan found only after the time of Ezra, and the return from the captivity of Babylon. See MONTIS.
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Easton
month of flowers, (Ne 2:1) the first month of the Jewish sacred year. (See Abib.) Assyrian nisannu, "beginning."
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Hastings
Morish
Ni'san
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Smith
Ni'san.
[MONTH]
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Watsons
NISAN, a month of the Hebrews, answering to our March, and which sometimes takes from February or April, according to the course of the moon. It was made the first month of the second year, at the coming out of Egypt, Ex 12:2; and it was the seventh month of the civil year. By Moses it is called Abib. The name Nisan was introduced only since the time of Ezra, and the return from the captivity of Babylon.