νουμηνία, and according to a rarer uncontracted form (cf.
Lob. ad Phryn., p. 148 (
Lightfoot on Col. as below;
WH's Appendix, p. 145))
νεομηνία (so
L text
Tr WH),
νουμηνίας,
ἡ (
νέος,
μήν a month),
new moon (
Vulg.neomenia; barbarous Latin
novilunium): of the Jewish festival of the new moon (
BB. DD., under the phrase, New Moon),
Colossians 2:16. (The Sept. chiefly for חֹדֶשׁ; also for חֹדֶשׁ אֶחָד, Exodus 40:2; and חֹדֶשׁ רֹאשׁ, Numbers 10:10; Numbers 28:11; see μήν, 2. Pindar, Aristophanes, Thucydides, Xenophon, others.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Exodus
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40:2
- Numbers
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10:10; 28:11
- Colossians
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2:16
