Strong's Greek: 4582. σελήνη (seléné) -- the moon

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Lexicon

seléné: the moon

Original Word: σελήνη, ης, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: seléné
Phonetic Spelling: (sel-ay'-nay)
Short Definition: the moon
Definition: the moon.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from selas (a bright flame)
Definition
the moon
NASB Translation
moon (9).

Thayer's

STRONGS NT 4582: σελήνη

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.

Strong's

moon.

From selas (brilliancy; probably akin to the alternate of haireomai, through the idea of attractiveness); the moon -- moon.

see GREEK haireomai