σελήνη, σελήνης, ἡ (from σέλας brightness), from Homer down, Hebrew ιΘψΕηΗ, the moon: Mat_24:29; Mar_13:24; Luk_21:25; Act_2:20; 1Co_15:41; Rev_6:12; Rev_8:12; Rev_12:1; Rev_21:23.

σελήνη selēnē 9x the moon, Mat_24:29 ; Mar_13:24 moon.

σελήνη , -ης , ἡ , [in LXX chiefly for H3394 ( Gen_37:9 , al. ), also for H3842 ; ( Son_6:9 (10), ? Isa_24:23 ; Isa_30:26 );] the moon: Mat_24:29 , Mar_13:24 , Luk_21:25 , Act_2:20 ( LXX ), 1Co_15:41 , Rev_6:12 ; Rev_8:12 ; Rev_12:1 ; Rev_21:23 .†

σελήνη [page 571] the moon : P Hib I. 27 .42 (calendar B.C. 301 240) χρῶντ [αι ] ταῖς κατὰ σελήνη [ν ] ἡμέραις οἱ ἀστρολό [γοι , where the editors think that there is a loose mode of speaking of the days of the month without any real reference to the moon : see their note. The word occurs in the horoscopes BGU III. 957 .3 (B.C. 10), PSI IV. 312 .5 (A.D. 345), and in P Ryl I. 63 .4 (iii/A.D.), where, in an imaginary astrological dialogue with Plato, a certain Egyptian prophet connects the moon with the left eye Σελήνη ὁ εὐώνυμος . For the moon as the female principle of all physical life see P Osl I. p. 127, and for the importance of the rising moon, see ib . p. 93. In P Leid C i. 14 (B.C. 163) (= I. p. 118, UPZ i. p. 353) mention is made of the festival τὰ Σεληνιεῖα (cf. Mayser Gr . i. pp. 75, 107, 448), and in the temple inventory BGU I. 162 .1 (ii/iii A.D.) we hear of ἄλλα σεληνάρια μεικρὰ χρυσᾶ β̄ , by which Preisigke ( Wφrterb . s.v .) understands golden keys made in the form of a half moon. Hatzidakis ( Gr . p. 59) notes that the word σελήνη is not now in popular use, the terms φεγγάρι and τὸ φέγγος taking its place. This does not, however, apply to the derivative σεληνιάζομαι , am brought under the influence of the moon, am epileptic, which is found everywhere, cf. Mat_4:24 ; Mat_17:15 .

σελήνη σελήνη, ἡ, [Etym: σέλας] "the moon", Lat. luna, Hom. ; ς. πλήθουσα "the full-" moon, Il. ; νουμηνία κατὰ σελήνην, i. e. by the lunar month, Thuc. ; πρὸς τὴν σελήνην by "moonlight", Xen. ; so, εἰς τὴν ς. Aeschin. :— τὴν ς. καθαιρεῖν, Hor.'s "lunam deducere", of witches, Ar. ; δεκάτῃ σελήνῃ in the tenth "moon" (i. e. month), Eur. as fem. prop. n., "Selene, the goddess of the moon", Hes. , etc.

σελήνη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for יָרֵחַ (Gen.37:9, al.), also for לְבָנָה; (Sng.6:9(10), ?Isa.24:23 30:26) ;] the moon: Mat.24:29, Mrk.13:24, Luk.21:25, Act.2:20" (LXX), 1Co.15:41, Rev.6:12 8:12 12:1 21:23.† (AS)