נִיסָן
nisan · Nisan
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5212 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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nisan (נִיסָן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Nisan”.
The first month of the calendar, between March and April. It is the name that the month of Abib received after the exile.
How to say it
ni·san
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Where it appears
- Nehemiah 2:1
And it happened in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him, and I took up the wine and gave it to the king; and I had not been sad before him.
- Esther 3:7
In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, Pur was cast —that is, the lot— before Haman from day to day and from month to month, to the twelfth, which is the month of Adar.