Nisan : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Nisan	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Nisan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nisan n the seventh month of the civil year; the first month of the ecclesiastic year (in March and April) Synonym(s): Nisan, Nissan
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Abib \[d8]A"bib\, n. [Heb. ab[c6]b, lit. an ear of corn. The month was so called from barley being at that time in ear.] The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish captivity this month was called {Nisan}. --Kitto.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Nisan month of flowers, (Neh. 2:1) the first month of the Jewish sacred year. (See {ABIB}.) Assyrian nisannu, "beginning."
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Nisan, standard; miracle