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Tuesday, January 21st, 2025
the Second Week after Epiphany
the Second Week after Epiphany
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Moon
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MOON, n.
1. The heavenly orb which revolves round the earth a secondary planet or satellite of the earth, whose borrowed light is reflected to the earth and serves to dispel the darkness of night. Its mean distance from the earth Isaiah 60; 1/2 semidiameters of the earth, or 240,000 miles. Its revolution round the earth in 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, constitutes the lunar month.
2. A month. This is the sense in which rude nations use the name of the moon as seven moons.
Half-moon, in fortification, a figure resembling a crescent.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Moon'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/m/moon.html.
Entry for 'Moon'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/m/moon.html.
