selēnē · moon

What it means

selēnē (σελήνη) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “moon”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The heavenly body that gives light at night.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×1
• Luke×1
• Acts×1
• 1 Corinthians×1
• Revelation×4

• Matthew 24:29

  And at once after the affliction of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

• Mark 13:24

  But in those days, after that affliction, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light,

• Luke 21:25

  And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity at the roar of the sea and the surging waves,

• Acts 2:20

  The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

• 1 Corinthians 15:41

  There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

• Revelation 6:12

  And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and a great earthquake took place, and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood,

• Revelation 8:12

  And the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon and a third of the stars, so that a third of them would be darkened, and the day would not shine for a third of it, and the night likewise.

• Revelation 12:1

  And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars;

• Revelation 21:23

  And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.