How to Pronounce Nisan

NAI-san

Nisan is pronounced NAI-san (ˈnaɪsæn): two syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: NIGH-san, NYE-san.

What does Nisan mean?

Nisan means “standard; miracle”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

What is Nisan?

Month of flowers, (Neh. 2:1) the first month of the Jewish sacred year. (See ABIB.) Assyrian nisannu, “beginning.”

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

Also pronounced

NIGH-san
NYE-san

Found in Scripture

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