moon

Greek Noun Female

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)

moon

Greek Noun Female

σελήν-η, ἡ, Doric dialect σελάνα [λᾱ] [Refs 5th c.BC+], Aeolic dialect σελάννα [Refs 7th c.BC+]; compare also σεληναίη:— the moon, σ. πλήθουσα the full-moon, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σ. ἀεξομένη, ὀλίγη κεράεσσι, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; a moon's breadth, measure used by early astronomers, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; νουμηνία κατὰ σελήνην, i.e. by the lunar month, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰς ἡμέρας κατὰ σ. ἄγειν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; πρὸς τὴν σ. ὁρᾶν by moonlight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐκ τῆς σ. νόσος,= σεληνιασμός, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὴν σ. καθελεῖν, of Thessalian witches, [Refs 5th c.BC+] b) month, δεκάτῃ σελήνῃ in the tenth moon, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολλὰς σ. [Refs]; τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) a moon-shaped wheaten cake, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) a round table, or tripod, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 4) name of a plant, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+] II) as feminine proper name, Selene, the goddess of the moon (never in [Refs 8th c.BC+] (σελάνα, σελάννα) from *σελάσνᾱ, compare σέλας.)

Greek

Noun Feminine

probably akin to the alternate of g138 (αἱρέομαι), through the idea of attractiveness); the moon; moon; from (brilliancy