What does σελήνη (selḗnē) mean in the Bible?
σελήνη (selḗnē): The moon as celestial body marking apocalyptic signs and cosmic disturbances in eschatological passages
Greek · G4582
σελήνη
The moon
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σελήνη G4582
Pronunciation selḗnē
What does σελήνη (selḗnē) mean in the Bible?
σελήνη (selḗnē): The moon as celestial body marking apocalyptic signs and cosmic disturbances in eschatological passages
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4582?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include moon (8), [the] moon (1).
Where does σελήνη (selḗnē) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 24:29. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (4), 1 Corinthians (1), Acts (1), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It moon 8× Matthew 24:29, Mark 13:24, Luke 21:25, Acts 2:20
[the] moon 1× 1 Corinthians 15:41
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Matthew 24:29 σελήνη to moon Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Mark 13:24 σελήνη to moon Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Luke 21:25 σελήνῃ to moon Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Acts 2:20 σελήνη to moon Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1 Corinthians 15:41 σελήνης to [the] moon Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Revelation 6:12 σελήνη to moon Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Revelation 8:12 σελήνης to moon Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Revelation 12:1 σελήνη to moon Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Revelation 21:23 σελήνης to moon Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 24:29
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 6
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Luke 1 Acts 1 1 Corinthians 1 Revelation 4
Source forms
σελήνη 5x selēnē Matthew 24:29, Mark 13:24, Acts 2:20, Revelation 6:12
σελήνης 3x selēnēs 1 Corinthians 15:41, Revelation 8:12, Revelation 21:23
σελήνῃ 1x selēnē Luke 21:25
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 5x Matthew 24:29, Mark 13:24, Acts 2:20, Revelation 6:12
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 3x 1 Corinthians 15:41, Revelation 8:12, Revelation 21:23
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x Luke 21:25
Evidence Summary
Greek word. The moon as celestial body marking apocalyptic signs and cosmic disturbances in eschatological passages
Strong's G4582
Lexical occurrences 9 verses Greek text appearances 9 times Word forms 3 forms 9 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Matthew 24:29 Source Gloss
the moon
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
9 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 24:29 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
σελήνη selhnh
the moon
Read verse Mark 13:24 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
σελήνη selhnh
the moon
Read verse Luke 21:25 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
σελήνῃ selhnh
the moon
Read verse Acts 2:20 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
σελήνη selhnh
the moon
Read verse 1 Corinthians 15:41 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
σελήνης, selhnhv
the moon
Read verse Revelation 6:12 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
σελήνη selhnh
the moon
Read verse Revelation 8:12 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
σελήνης selhnhv
the moon
Read verse Revelation 12:1 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
σελήνη selhnh
the moon
Read verse Revelation 21:23 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
σελήνης, selhnhv
the moon
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 9 Case pattern Nominative (5) Number pattern Singular (9)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 24:29 · Mark 13:24 · Acts 2:20 · Rev 6:12 · Rev 12:1 5×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine 1 Cor 15:41 · Rev 8:12 · Rev 21:23 3×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Luke 21:25 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Celestial body darkened in apocalyptic signs of end times
Moon's differing glory compared to sun and stars in resurrection context
Woman clothed with sun standing upon moon in symbolic vision
Moon becoming blood-red during apocalyptic judgment events
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 9 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
σελήνη is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain