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Strong's #5212 - נִיסָן

Transliteration

Nîyçân

Phonetics

nee-sawn'

Origin

probably of foreign origin

Parts of Speech

proper noun

TWOT

1359

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Nisan = "their flight"
1. the 1st month of the Jewish calendar corresponding to March or April

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Nehemiah 1

Esther 1

BSB (2)

Nehemiah 1

Esther 1

CSB (2)

Nehemiah 1

Esther 1

ESV (2)

Nehemiah 1

Esther 1

KJV (2)

Nehemiah 1

Esther 1

LEB (2)

Nehemiah 1

Esther 1

LSB (2)

Nehemiah 1

Esther 1

N95 (2)

Nehemiah 1

Esther 1

NAS (2)

Nehemiah 1

Esther 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (2)

Nehemiah 1

Esther 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

נִיסָן proper name of 1st month (loan-word from Babylonian Nisannu, compare Schr^{COT Nehemiah 1.. 1} Muss-Arn^{JBL xi. 1 (1892). 76}; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; so Nabataean, Palmyrene, see Lzb³²³); — only post-exile: ׳חֹדֶשׁ נ Nehemiah 2:1; Esther 3:7 ( + הָרִאשׁוֺן הַחֹדֶשׁ), = pre-exile הָאָבִּיב (הֹדֶשׁ). — On sacredness of Nisan compare also RS^{Semitic i. 387; 2 d ed. 406 f}.

נִיצוֺץ see נצץ. נֵיר see נֵר.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

נִיסָן masc. Nisan, the first month of the Hebrews, called in the Pentateuch חֹדֶשׁ הָאָבִיב which see; Nehemiah 2:1; Esther 3:7 Syr., Chald., and Arab. id. Apparently נִיסָן is for נִיצָן, or נִצָּן and denotes the month of flowers, from נֵץ, נִצָּן a flower.

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List of Word Forms

נִיסָ֔ן נִיסָ֗ן ניסן nî·sān niSan nîsān