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Nisan

ni'-san (month, month of flowers, standard; miracle)
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Easton's Bible Dictionary

month of flowers, ( Nehemiah 2:1 ) The first month of the Jewish sacred year. (See ABIB .) Assyrian nisannu, "beginning."

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Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names

standard; miracle

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Smith's Bible Dictionary

[MONTH]

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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 Nehemiah 2:1 and Esther 3:7. It denotes "the month of flowers."

See CALENDAR.

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