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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 BoxGen 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:9 - And he [fn]dreamed another dream, and related it to his father, and to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed another dream: as it were the sun, and the moon, and the eleven stars did me reverence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:19 - and lest having looked up to the sky, and having seen the sun and the moon and the stars, and all the [fn]heavenly bodies, thou shouldest go astray and worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God has distributed to all the nations under heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:3 - and they should go and serve other gods, and worship them, the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which he commanded thee not to do,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:12 - Then Joshua spoke to the Lord, in the day in which the Lord delivered the Amorite into the power of Israel, when he destroyed them in Gabaon, and they were destroyed from before the children of Israel: and Joshua said, Let the sun stand over against Gabaon, and the moon over against the valley of Ælon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:13 - And the sun and the moon stood still, until God executed vengeance on their enemies; and the sun stood still in the midst of heaven; it did not proceed to set till the end of [fn]one day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5 - And he burned the [fn]idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Juda had [fn]appointed, (and they burned incense in the high places and in the cities of Juda, and the places round about Jerusalem); and them that burned incense to Baal, and to the sun, and to the moon, and to [fn]Mazuroth, and to all the host of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:5 - If he gives an order to the moon, then it shines not; and the stars are not pure before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:26 - (do we not see the shining sun eclipsed, and the moon waning? for they have not power to continue:)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:3 - (LXX 8:4) For I will regard the heavens, the work of thy fingers; the moon and stars, which thou hast established.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:5 - (LXX 71:5) And he shall continue as long as the sun, and before the moon for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:7 - (LXX 71:7) In his days shall righteousness spring up; and abundance of peace till the moon be removed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:37

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:37 - (LXX 88:38) and as the moon that is established for ever, and as the faithful witness in heaven. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:19 - (LXX 103:19) He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knows his going down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:6 - (LXX 120:6) The sun shall not burn thee by day, neither the moon by night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:9 - (LXX 135:9) The moon and the stars to rule the night; for his mercy endures for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:3 - Praise him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars and light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - While the sun and light are not darkened, nor the moon and the stars; nor the clouds return after the rain:

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:10 - Who is this that looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, choice as the sun, terrible as armies set in array?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:10 - For the stars of heaven, and Orion, and all the host of heaven, shall not give their light; and it shall be dark at sunrise, and the moon shall not give her light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:26 - And the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold in the day when the Lord shall heal the breach of his people, and shall heal the pain of thy wound.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:19 - [fn] And thou shalt no more have the sun for a light by day, nor shall the rising of the moon lighten thy night; but the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and God thy glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:20 - For the sun shall no more set, nor shall the moon be eclipsed; for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be completed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:2 - and they shall spread them out to the sun, and the moon, and to all the stars, and to all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and to which they have held, and which they have worshipped; they shall not be mourned for, neither shall they be buried; but they shall be for an example on the face of the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:35 - (LXX 38:36) Thus saith the Lord, who gives the sun for a light by day, the moon and the stars for a light by night, and makes a roaring in the sea, so that the waves thereof roar; the Lord Almighty is his name:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:7 - And I will veil the heavens when thou art extinguished, and will darken the stars thereof; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:10 - Before them the earth shall be confounded, and the sky shall be shaken: the sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:31 - (LXX 3:4) The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:15 - (LXX 4:15) The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:11 - The sun was exalted, and the moon stood still in her course: thy darts shall go forth at the light, at the brightness of the gleaming of thine arms.
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