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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - σελήνη

σελήνη

G4582

Transliteration: selḗnē

Pronunciation: sel-ay'-nay

Definition: moon


- Original: σελήνη

- Transliteration: Selene

- Phonetic: sel-ay'-nay

- Definition:

1. the moon

- Origin: from selas (brilliancy, probably akin to the alternate of G138" class="dictionary-topic-link">G138, through the idea of attractiveness)

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: From σέλας selas (brilliancy; probably akin to the alternate of G138" class="dictionary-topic-link">G138 through the idea of attractiveness); the moon: - moon.


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