Nisan

:For the country in the game Xenogears, see Xenogears terms#Nisan.

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Xenogears - Xenogears terms#Nisan

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Nisan (נִיסָן, Standard Hebrew Nisan, Tiberian Hebrew Nîsān: from Akkadian nisānu, from Sumerian nisag "First fruits") is the first month of the civil year and the seventh month (eighth, in leap year) of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. The name of the month is Babylonian; in the Torah it is called Aviv, meaning spring. It is a spring month of 30 days.

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Standard Hebrew - Tiberian Hebrew - Akkadian - Sumerian - Hebrew calendar - Aviv

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It is also the Turkish & Arabic name for the month of April.

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Turkish - April

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In traditional Christian belief Jesus' death occurred at 3:00 (i.e., the ninth canonical hour) on the afternoon of 15 Nisan, the first day of Passover, and the Last Supper was a Passover Seder held the night before on the evening of 15 Nisan. In the Hebrew calendar the day begins at sunset, as in the Book of Genesis, "there was evening, and there was morning" in that order.

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Christian - Jesus - Passover - Seder - Hebrew calendar

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