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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

ni'-san (nican): The first month of the Jewish year in which occurred the Passover and which corresponds to April. The month is the same as Abib, which occurs in the Pentateuch. Nisan occurs in Ne 2:1 and Es 3:7. It denotes "the month of flowers."

See CALENDAR.