ΝΟΥΜΗΝΙΑ, νουμηνια
NOUMĒNIA, noumēnia
Sounds Like: noo-MAY-nee-ah
Translations: new moon, a new moon, new moon festival
From the root: ΝΟΥΜΗΝΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the new moon, which was a significant time in ancient Jewish and other cultures, often marked by religious festivals or observances. It is a compound word formed from 'νέος' (neos), meaning 'new', and 'μήν' (men), meaning 'month' or 'moon'. It is typically used in the context of these monthly celebrations or the start of a new lunar cycle.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3561 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 8:201, 10:238
- Book 4 — 4:78, 4:84, 8:327
- Book 6 — 11:226
- Book 10 — 8:146
- Book 11 — 4:79, 5:151
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 40:2, 40:15
- 1 Samuel — 20:18
- 2 Chronicles — 29:17
- Ezra (Alpha) — 5:55, 8:6, 9:16, 9:37, 9:40
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΟΥΜΗΝΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΝΟΥΜ — new moon, new month
- ΝΟΥΜΗΝΙΑΙ — new moon, new moon festival, new moon day
- ΝΟΥΜΗΝΙΑΙΣ — new moon, new moon festival, new moon celebration
- ΝΟΥΜΗΝΙΑΣ — (of) new moons, (of) new moon festivals
- ΝΟΥΜΗΝΙΩΝ — of new moons, of new moon festivals
- ΝΟΥΜΙΝΙΑΣ — of new moon, of new moons, of a new moon, new moon, new moons
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