Easton's Bible Dictionary Month of flowers, (Nehemiah 2:1) the first month of the Jewish sacred year. (see ABIB.) Assyrian nisannu, "beginning." Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, formerly answering nearly to the month of April, now to March, of the Christian calendar. See Abib. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia NISAN 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 Nehemiah 2:1 and Esther 3:7. It denotes "the month of flowers." See CALENDAR.

Multi-Version Concordance Nisan (2 Occurrences) Nehemiah 2:1 It happened in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been before sad in his presence. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Esther 3:7 In the first month, which 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, and chose the twelfth month, which is the month Adar. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)