Definition of Nisan in English:
Nisan
noun ˈniːsɑːnˈnɪs(ə)nnēˈsän
(in the Jewish calendar) the seventh month of the civil and first of the religious year, usually coinciding with parts of March and April.
Example sentencesExamples
- An extra month is intercalated every three years, just before the month of Nisan.
- Jesus is crucified on the ‘Day of Preparation’, so his last meal with his disciples would have been held on 14 Nisan, twenty-four hours before the Passover.
- Why, you may ask, is it important to link Nisan and Adar - what is the connection?
- The reality of the Holocaust is commemorated on Holocaust Day, which is observed in Israel on Nisan 27 and elsewhere on April 19 or 20.
- They misplace the Passover meal on Nisan 14 instead of 15.