Words the Bible translates as new moon
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ḥodeshחֹדֶשׁmonth, or the new-moon day that begins it: the lunar cycle Israel used to count time, named after the moon's reappearance
- noumēniaνουμηνίαnew moon: the first day of a lunar month, and the monthly holy day Israel kept on it
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