This is the name of Abib: The first month of the Hebrew religious calendar.
Definition
probably of foreign origin; Nisan, the first month of the Jewish sacred year
Traditional renderings: Nisan.
Traditional renderings: Nisan.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
2 total
- Nehemiah 2:1נִיסָ֗ן · of NisanNow in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,
- Esther 3:7נִיסָ֔ן · of NisanIn the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.