NISAN - Definition

Pronunciation:		'nisun
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] the seventh month of the civil year; the first month of the ecclesiastic year (in March and April)

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	Synonyms:	Nissan

	See Also:	Hebrew calendar, Jewish calendar, Jewish calendar month

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Ni"san\, n. [Heb. n[=i]s[=a]n.] The first month of the jewish ecclesiastical year, formerly answering nearly to the month of April, now to March, of the Christian calendar. See {Abib}.

Easton Bible Dictionary

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

Glossary

	Definition:	standard; miracle