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Lexicon :: Strong's G4582 - selēnē

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σελήνη
Transliteration
selēnē (Key)
Pronunciation
sel-ay'-nay
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From selas (brilliancy, probably akin to the alternate of αἱρέω (G138), through the idea of attractiveness)
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Strong’s Definitions

σελήνη selḗnē, sel-ay'-nay; from σέλας sélas (brilliancy; probably akin to the alternate of G138, through the idea of attractiveness); the moon:—moon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G4582 in the following manner: moon (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G4582 in the following manner: moon (9x).

  1. the moon

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σελήνη selḗnē, sel-ay'-nay; from σέλας sélas (brilliancy; probably akin to the alternate of G138, through the idea of attractiveness); the moon:—moon.
STRONGS G4582:
σελήνη, σελήνης, ἡ (from σέλας brightness), from Homer down, Hebrew יָרֵחַ, the moon: Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24; Luke 21:25; Acts 2:20; 1 Corinthians 15:41; Revelation 6:12; Revelation 8:12; Revelation 12:1; Revelation 21:23.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
24:29
Mark
13:24
Luke
21:25
Acts
2:20
1 Corinthians
15:41
Revelation
6:12; 8:12; 12:1; 21:23

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4582 matches the Greek σελήνη (selēnē),
which occurs 29 times in 29 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:9 - Then he dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers and said, “Behold, I have dreamed another dream. Behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:19 - And beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, things that the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:3 - and has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun or the moon or any of the host of heaven, which I have forbidden,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:12 - At that time Joshua spoke to the LORD in the day when the LORD gave the Amorites over to the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel,
“Sun, stand still at Gibeon,
and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:13 - And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped,
until the nation took vengeance on their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in the midst of heaven and did not hurry to set for about a whole day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5 - And he deposed the priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to make offerings in the high places at the cities of Judah and around Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun and the moon and the constellations and all the host of the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:5 - Behold, even the moon is not bright,
and the stars are not pure in his eyes;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:26 - if I have looked at the sun[fn] when it shone,
or the moon moving in splendor,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:3 - When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:5 - May they fear you[fn] while the sun endures,
and as long as the moon, throughout all generations!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:7 - In his days may the righteous flourish,
and peace abound, till the moon be no more!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:37

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:37 - Like the moon it shall be established forever,
a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:19 - He made the moon to mark the seasons;[fn]
the sun knows its time for setting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 121:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:6 - The sun shall not strike you by day,
nor the moon by night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 136:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:9 - the moon and stars to rule over the night,
for his steadfast love endures forever;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:3 - Praise him, sun and moon,
praise him, all you shining stars!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain,

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:10 - “Who is this who looks down like the dawn,
beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun,
awesome as an army with banners?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:10 - For the stars of the heavens and their constellations
will not give their light;
the sun will be dark at its rising,
and the moon will not shed its light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:26 - Moreover, the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day when the LORD binds up the brokenness of his people, and heals the wounds inflicted by his blow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:19 - The sun shall be no more
your light by day,
nor for brightness shall the moon
give you light;[fn]
but the LORD will be your everlasting light,
and your God will be your glory.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:20 - Your sun shall no more go down,
nor your moon withdraw itself;
for the LORD will be your everlasting light,
and your days of mourning shall be ended.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:2 - And they shall be spread before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and served, which they have gone after, and which they have sought and worshiped. And they shall not be gathered or buried. They shall be as dung on the surface of the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:35 - Thus says the LORD,
who gives the sun for light by day
and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night,
who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—
the LORD of hosts is his name:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:7 - When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens
and make their stars dark;
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
and the moon shall not give its light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:10 - The earth quakes before them;
the heavens tremble.
The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:31 - The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:15 - The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:11 - The sun and moon stood still in their place
at the light of your arrows as they sped,
at the flash of your glittering spear.
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