σελήνη
selḗnē · G4582 · Greek · 9 occurrences
Meanings
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moon
A celestial body smaller than the sun that gives light to earth in the nighttime; the moon’s appearance changes over the course of each month as the angle we can see the moon’s half-illuminated surface changes
ExamplesMatthew 24:29 “But immediately after the tribulation of those days THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND THE STARS WILL FALL from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Mark 13:24 “But in those days, after that tribulation, THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT,
Luke 21:25 “There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves,
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What it doesIt is the subject
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- δίδωμιto give, to grant 2
- γίνομαιto become, to happen, to be 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πούςfoot 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- σημεῖονsign 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- δόξαglory 1
- τρίτοςthird 1
- χρείαneed 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- יָרֵחַ yârêach · H3394 · moon
- Hebrew יָרֵחַ (yârêach, H3394) and Greek σελήνη (selḗnē, G4582) both denote the celestial body 'moon' with identical core reference and usage across their respective corpora.
- לְבָנָה lᵉbânâh · H3842 · moon
- Hebrew לְבָנָה and Greek σελήνη are direct translation equivalents denoting the same celestial body (the moon), reflecting standard lexical correspondence across the Septuagint where the Hebrew term is consistently rendered by this Greek equivalent.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Moon1.29
- The noun names the moon. Jesus foretells the tribulation's end: “THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT” (Matthew 24:29).
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon σελήνης, ἡ (from σέλας brightness), from Homer down, Hebrew יָרֵחַ, the moon: Mt 24:29;…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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