ΣΕΛΗΝΗ, σεληνη
SELĒNĒ, selēnē
Sounds Like: seh-LAY-nay
Translations: moon, a moon
From the root: ΣΕΛΗΝΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the moon, the natural satellite of the Earth. It is commonly used in contexts describing celestial bodies or the night sky. For example, it can be used in sentences like 'The moon shines brightly' or 'The sun and the moon'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4582 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 20:3
Codex Sinaiticus
- 4 Maccabees — 17:5
- Psalms — 71:7, 88:38, 120:6, 148:3
- Ecclesiastes — 12:2
- Song of Solomon — 6:10
- Job — 25:5
- Sirach — 27:11, 43:6, 50:6
- Isaiah — 13:10, 24:23, 60:20
- Joel — 2:10, 3:4, 4:15
- Habakkuk — 3:11
- Matthew — 24:29
- Mark — 13:24
- Luke — 21:25
- Acts of the Apostles — 2:20
- Revelation — 6:12
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 19:2
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 34:4
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 4:5
Pseudo-Baruch
- The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 9:8
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 37:9
- Deuteronomy — 17:3
- Joshua — 10:12, 10:13
- 2 Kings — 23:5
- 4 Maccabees — 17:5
- Psalms — 71:7, 88:38, 120:6, 148:3
- Odes — 6:11, 10:62
- Ecclesiastes — 12:2
- Song of Solomon — 6:9
- Job — 25:5
- Sirach — 27:11, 43:6, 50:6
- Isaiah — 13:10, 60:20
- Letter of Jeremiah — 1:59, 1:66
- Ezekiel — 32:7
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 3:62
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 3:62, 4:8
- Joel — 2:10, 2:31, 3:15
- Habakkuk — 3:11
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
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