Definition
σελήνη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for יָרֵחַ (Genesis 37:9, al.), also for לְבָנָה; (Song of Solomon 6:9(10), ?Isaiah 24:23; 30:26) ;]
the moon: Matthew 24:29, Mark 13:24, Luke 21:25, Acts 2:20" (LXX), 1 Corinthians 15:41, Revelation 6:12; 8:12; 12:1; 21:23.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
9 total
- Matthew 24:29σελήνη · moonImmediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
- Mark 13:24σελήνη · moonBut in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;
- Luke 21:25σελήνῃ · moonThere will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.
- Acts 2:20σελήνη · moonThe sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 15:41σελήνης · [the] moonThe sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.
- Revelation 6:12σελήνη · moonAnd I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,
- Revelation 8:12σελήνης · moonThen the fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun and moon and stars were struck. A third of the stars were darkened, a third of the day was without light, and a third of the night as well.
- Revelation 12:1σελήνη · moonAnd a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.
- Revelation 21:23σελήνης · moonAnd the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.