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Nisan

Meaning of “Nisan”

The first month.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-references
2 occurrences2 verses2 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Nehemiah 2:1

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Every verse containing “Nisan”

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Nehemiah 2:1
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AND it came to pass in the month nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Nehemiah 2:1 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe, in the moneth Nisan, in the twentieth yeere of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I tooke vp the wine, and gaue it vnto the King: now I had not bene beforetime sad in his presence.

Esther 3:7
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¶ In the first month, that is, the month nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Esther 3:7 · retained source text

¶ In the first moneth (that is, the moneth Nisan) in the twelfth yeere of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman, from day to day, and from moneth to moneth, to the twelfth moneth, that is the moneth Adar.

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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

Nehemiah 2:1; Esther 3:7

Nehemiah names Nisan as a month; Esther directly identifies it as the first month.