Redirected from ϲεληνηϲ, replacing lunate sigma Ϲϲ with normal sigma Σσ/ς.
ΣΕΛΗΝΗΣ, σεληνης
SELĒNĒS, selēnēs
Sounds Like: seh-LAY-nays
Translations: of the moon, moon
From the root: ΣΕΛΗΝΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the moon, the natural satellite of the Earth. It is used to describe the celestial body itself or its light. In the provided examples, it is used in phrases like 'light of the moon' or 'rising of the moon'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4582 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 8:6
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 2:16
Justin Martyr
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 7:2
Pseudo Clement of Rome
- Clement’s Second Letter — 14:1
Pseudo-Baruch
- The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 9:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΕΛΗΝΗ.
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