Selēnē σελήνη

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Selēnē
σελήνη
Transliterationselēnē
Strong's numberG4582
LanguageGreek
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glossmoon
Occurrences9 in 9 verses
Most frequent inRevelation (4)

Selēnē (Greek σελήνη, Strong's G4582) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “moon”. It occurs 9 times in 9 verses of the New Testament.

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)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVmoon (9)
BSBmoon (9)

Verses

Every verse with Selēnē, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Acts

1 Corinthians

Revelation

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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