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Lexicon :: Strong's H5212 - nîsān

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נִיסָן
Transliteration
nîsān
Pronunciation
nee-sawn'
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Part of Speech
proper noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably of foreign origin
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TWOT Reference: 1359

Strong’s Definitions

נִיסָן Nîyçân, nee-sawn'; probably of foreign origin; Nisan, the first month of the Jewish sacred year:—Nisan.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H5212 in the following manner: Nisan (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H5212 in the following manner: Nisan (2x).

  1. Nisan = "their flight"

    1. the 1st month of the Jewish calendar corresponding to Mar or Apr

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נִיסָן Nîyçân, nee-sawn'; probably of foreign origin; Nisan, the first month of the Jewish sacred year:—Nisan.
STRONGS H5212: Abbreviations
† נִיסָן proper name of 1st month (loan-word from Babylonian Nisannu, compare SchrCOT Nehemiah 1. 1 Muss-ArnJBL 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 RSSemitic i. 387; 2d ed. 406 f.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Nehemiah

1; 1:1; 2:1

Esther

3:7

H5212

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5212 matches the Hebrew נִיסָן (nîsān),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was placed before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not [previously] been sad in his presence.

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In the first month, the month of Nisan (Mar-Apr), in the [fn]twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, Haman cast Pur, that is, the lot, cast before him day after day [to find a lucky day to approach the king], month after month, until the twelfth month, the month of Adar (Feb-Mar).

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