Strong G4582σελήνη
moon
- Transliteration
- selēnē
- Pronunciation
- sel-ay'-nay
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From σέλας selas (brilliancy; probably akin to the alternate of G138 through the idea of attractiveness); the moon: - moon.
Detailed definition
σελήνη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for יָרֵחַ (Gen.37:9, al.), also for לְבָנָה; (Sng.6:9(10), ?Isa.24:23 30:26);]
the moon: Mat.24:29, Mrk.13:24, Luk.21:25, Act.2:20" (LXX), 1Co.15:41, Rev.6:12 8:12 12:1 21:23.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for יָרֵחַ (Gen.37:9, al.), also for לְבָנָה; (Sng.6:9(10), ?Isa.24:23 30:26);]
the moon: Mat.24:29, Mrk.13:24, Luk.21:25, Act.2:20" (LXX), 1Co.15:41, Rev.6:12 8:12 12:1 21:23.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4582 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- moon9
First verses
- Matthew 24:29Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
- Mark 13:24But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
- Luke 21:25And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
- Acts 2:20The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
- 1 Corinthians 15:41There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
- Revelation 6:12And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
- Revelation 8:12And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
- Revelation 12:1And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
- Revelation 21:23And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
σελήν-η, ἡ,
Doric dialect σελάνα [λᾱ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10.75)], Aeolic dialect σελάννα [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 3,53)]; compare also σεληναίη:— the moon, σ. πλήθουσα the full-moon, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.484)]; σ. ἀεξομένη, ὀλίγη κεράεσσι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 780, 733)]; a moon's breadth, measure used by early astronomers, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus “Alm.” 9.10)]; νουμηνία κατὰ σελήνην, i.e. by the lunar month, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.28, compare “SIG” 683.44 (2nd c.BC))]; τὰς ἡμέρας κατὰ σ. ἄγειν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 1.59, compare “PHib.” 1.27.42 (3rd c.BC))]; πρὸς τὴν σ. ὁρᾶν by moonlight, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.38, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.9; ἐν σελήνῃ 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 3.2)]; ἡ ἐκ τῆς σ. νόσος,= σεληνιασμός, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 14.27)]; τὴν σ. καθελεῖν, of Thessalian witches, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 750, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 513a, 2nd c.BC: Sosiphanes Tragicus 1.)]
b month, δεκάτῃ σελήνῃ in the tenth moon, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1126, cf. Alcaeus431, “Tr.” 1075 (Lyric poetry))]; πολλὰς σ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Hel.” 114)]; τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Astrampsychus Onirocriticus “Oracula” p.3 H.; ὁρῶν ἄγουσαν τὴν σ. εἰκάδας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 17.)]
2 a moon-shaped wheaten cake, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 350, compare 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 2.4, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 6.76.)]
3 a round table, or tripod, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.489d.)]
4 name of a plant, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fluv.” 18.5; compare σελήνιον 11.)]
II as feminine proper name, Selene, the goddess of the moon (never in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus), 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 371, “hymnus ad Mercurium” 100, etc. (σελήνη)] (σελάνα, σελάννα) from *σελάσνᾱ, compare σέλας.)
Doric dialect σελάνα [λᾱ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10.75)], Aeolic dialect σελάννα [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 3,53)]; compare also σεληναίη:— the moon, σ. πλήθουσα the full-moon, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.484)]; σ. ἀεξομένη, ὀλίγη κεράεσσι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 780, 733)]; a moon's breadth, measure used by early astronomers, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus “Alm.” 9.10)]; νουμηνία κατὰ σελήνην, i.e. by the lunar month, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.28, compare “SIG” 683.44 (2nd c.BC))]; τὰς ἡμέρας κατὰ σ. ἄγειν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 1.59, compare “PHib.” 1.27.42 (3rd c.BC))]; πρὸς τὴν σ. ὁρᾶν by moonlight, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.38, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.9; ἐν σελήνῃ 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 3.2)]; ἡ ἐκ τῆς σ. νόσος,= σεληνιασμός, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 14.27)]; τὴν σ. καθελεῖν, of Thessalian witches, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 750, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 513a, 2nd c.BC: Sosiphanes Tragicus 1.)]
b month, δεκάτῃ σελήνῃ in the tenth moon, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1126, cf. Alcaeus431, “Tr.” 1075 (Lyric poetry))]; πολλὰς σ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Hel.” 114)]; τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Astrampsychus Onirocriticus “Oracula” p.3 H.; ὁρῶν ἄγουσαν τὴν σ. εἰκάδας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 17.)]
2 a moon-shaped wheaten cake, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 350, compare 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 2.4, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 6.76.)]
3 a round table, or tripod, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.489d.)]
4 name of a plant, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fluv.” 18.5; compare σελήνιον 11.)]
II as feminine proper name, Selene, the goddess of the moon (never in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus), 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 371, “hymnus ad Mercurium” 100, etc. (σελήνη)] (σελάνα, σελάννα) from *σελάσνᾱ, compare σέλας.)