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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 - Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. “Listen,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:19 - And when you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon and the stars—all the heavenly array—do not be enticed into bowing down to them and worshiping things the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:3 - and contrary to my command has worshiped other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or the moon or the stars in the sky,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:12 - On the day the LORD gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “Sun, stand still over Gibeon, and you, moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:13 - So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the nation avenged itself on[fn] its enemies, as it is written in the Book of Jashar. The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5 - He did away with the idolatrous priests appointed by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the towns of Judah and on those around Jerusalem—those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations and to all the starry hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:5

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:26 - if I have regarded the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:3

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:5 - May he endure[fn] as long as the sun, as long as the moon, through all generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:7 - In his days may the righteous flourish and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:37

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:37 - it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:19 - He made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to go down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:6 - the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:9 - the moon and stars to govern the night;

His love endures forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:3

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds return after the rain;

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:10 - Friends: Who is this that appears like the dawn, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, majestic as the stars in procession?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:10 - The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light. The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:26 - The moon will shine like the sun, and the sunlight will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven full days, when the LORD binds up the bruises of his people and heals the wounds he inflicted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:19 - The sun will no more be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:20 - Your sun will never set again, and your moon will wane no more; the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your days of sorrow will end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:2 - They will be exposed to the sun and the moon and all the stars of the heavens, which they have loved and served and which they have followed and consulted and worshiped. They will not be gathered up or buried, but will be like dung lying on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:35 - This is what the LORD says, he who appoints the sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the LORD Almighty is his name:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:7

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:10 - Before them the earth shakes, the heavens tremble, the sun and moon are darkened, and the stars no longer shine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:31 - The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:15 - The sun and moon will be darkened, and the stars no longer shine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:11 - Sun and moon stood still in the heavens at the glint of your flying arrows, at the lightning of your flashing spear.
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