Meaning of “moon”

1. Moon — heb. yareah, from its paleness (Ezra 6:15), and lebanah, the "white" (Cant. 6:10; Isa. 24:23), was appointed by the Creator to be with the sun "for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years" (Gen. 1:14-16). A lunation was among the Jews the period of a month, and several of their festivals were held on the day of the new moon. It is frequently referred to along with the sun (Josh. 10:12; Ps. 72:5, 7, 17; 89:36, 37; Eccl. 12:2; Isa. 24:23, etc.), and also by itself (Ps. 8:3; 121:6). The great brilliance of the moon in Eastern countries led to its being early an object of idolatrous worship (Deut. 4:19; 17:3; Job 31:26), a form of idolatry against which the Jews were warned (Deut. 4:19; 17:3). They, however, fell into this idolatry, and offered incense (2 Kings 23:5; Jer. 8:2), and also cakes of honey, to the moon (Jer. 7:18; 44:17-19, 25).

2. New Moon, Feast of — Special services were appointed for the commencement of a month (Num. 28:11-15; 10:10). (See FESTIVALS »T0001325.)

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1. Genesis Chapter 37 Verse 9 — And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

2. Deuteronomy Chapter 4 Verse 19 — And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

3. Deuteronomy Chapter 17 Verse 3 — And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;

4. Deuteronomy Chapter 33 Verse 14 — And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,

5. Joshua Chapter 10 Verse 13 — And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

6. Joshua Chapter 10 Verse 12 — Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.

7. 1 Samuel Chapter 20 Verse 24 — So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.

8. 1 Samuel Chapter 20 Verse 18 — Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.

9. 1 Samuel Chapter 20 Verse 5 — And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.

10. 2 Kings Chapter 4 Verse 23 — And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.

11. 2 Kings Chapter 23 Verse 5 — And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

12. 1 Chronicles Chapter 23 Verse 31 — And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:

13. 2 Chronicles Chapter 2 Verse 4 — Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

14. 2 Chronicles Chapter 8 Verse 13 — Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.

15. 2 Chronicles Chapter 31 Verse 3 — He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD.

16. Ezra Chapter 3 Verse 5 — And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD.

17. Nehemiah Chapter 10 Verse 33 — For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.

18. Job Chapter 25 Verse 5 — Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.

19. Job Chapter 31 Verse 26 — If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

20. Psalms Chapter 8 Verse 3 — When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

21. Psalms Chapter 72 Verse 7 — In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.

22. Psalms Chapter 72 Verse 5 — They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.

23. Psalms Chapter 81 Verse 3 — Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

24. Psalms Chapter 89 Verse 37 — It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

25. Psalms Chapter 104 Verse 19 — He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

26. Psalms Chapter 121 Verse 6 — The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

27. Psalms Chapter 136 Verse 9 — The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.

28. Psalms Chapter 148 Verse 3 — Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.

29. Ecclesiastes Chapter 12 Verse 2 — While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:

30. Song of Solomon Chapter 6 Verse 10 — Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?

31. Isaiah Chapter 1 Verse 14 — Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

32. Isaiah Chapter 1 Verse 13 — Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.

33. Isaiah Chapter 3 Verse 18 — In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon,

34. Isaiah Chapter 13 Verse 10 — For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

35. Isaiah Chapter 24 Verse 23 — Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

36. Isaiah Chapter 30 Verse 26 — Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

37. Isaiah Chapter 60 Verse 20 — Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

38. Isaiah Chapter 60 Verse 19 — The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

39. Isaiah Chapter 66 Verse 23 — And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.

40. Jeremiah Chapter 8 Verse 2 — And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.

41. Jeremiah Chapter 31 Verse 35 — Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:

42. Ezekiel Chapter 32 Verse 7 — And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

43. Ezekiel Chapter 45 Verse 17 — And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.

44. Ezekiel Chapter 46 Verse 6 — And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish.

45. Ezekiel Chapter 46 Verse 3 — Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons.

46. Ezekiel Chapter 46 Verse 1 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

47. Hosea Chapter 2 Verse 11 — I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.

48. Joel Chapter 2 Verse 31 — The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.

49. Joel Chapter 2 Verse 10 — The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:

50. Joel Chapter 3 Verse 15 — The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

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