nisan

Speech parts

1. nisan - Noun

2. Nisan - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

april Nissan abib spring month sivan elul adar Kislev Shevat Iyar First Month adar ii month of the sprouting grain month of the young year month of the zodiac sign aries
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Hypernyms

Jewish calendar month

Phrases with the word

nisan ii

Anagrams

Annis Nansi

Examples

If so, then Polycarp's martyrdom would have had to occur at least a month after the traditional February 23 dating since according to the Hebrew calendar the earliest time Nisan 14, the date of the Passover, can fall on in any given year is late March. Source: Internet

In 2009, for example, Nisan 15 on the Jewish calendar used by Rabbinic Judaism corresponds to April 9. On the calendars used by Karaites and Samaritans, Abib or Aviv 15 (as opposed to 'Nisan') corresponds to April 11 in 2009. Source: Internet

But both those who followed the Nisan 14 custom, and those who set Easter to the following Sunday had in common the custom of consulting their Jewish neighbors to learn when the month of Nisan would fall, and setting their festival accordingly. Source: Internet

Easter was henceforward to be a Sunday in a lunar month chosen according to Christian criteria—in effect, a Christian Nisan—not in the month of Nisan as defined by Jews. Source: Internet

Edwin Thiele has concluded that the ancient northern Kingdom of Israel counted years using the ecclesiastical new year starting on 1 Aviv (Nisan), while the southern Kingdom of Judah counted years using the civil new year starting on 1 Tishrei. Source: Internet

For a survey of the field, see the book by Kushilevitz and Nisan. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

nisab Nisaba Nisaea nisan ii NiSb nisba