Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H5212 |
|---|---|
| Word: | נִיסָן |
| Part of Speech: | Noun/t. |
| Etymology: | probably of foreign origin |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | Niycan |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | nee-sawn' |
| Meaning: | 1. Nisan, the first month of the Jewish sacred year |
| KJV Renderings: | Nisan. |
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נִיסָן proper name of 1st month (loan-word from Babylonian Nisannu , compare SchrCOT Neh 1. 1 Muss-ArnJBL xi. 1 (1892). 76; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; so Nabataean, Palmyrene, see Lzb323); — only post-exile: ׳ חֹדֶשׁ נ Neh 2:1; Esth 3:7 ( + הָרִאשׁוֺן הַחֹדֶשׁ), = pre-exile הָאָבִּיב (הֹדֶשׁ). — On sacredness of Nisan compare also RSSemitic i. 387; 2d ed. 406 f.
נִיצוֺץ see נצץ . נֵיר see נֵר .
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
