moon sickle

English

Noun

moon sickle (plural moon sickles)

  1. Alternative form of moonsickle.
    • 1981, Harold W[alter] Hoehner, “The Day of Christ’s Crucifixion”, in Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ (Contemporary Evangelical Perspectives), Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan Publishing House, →ISBN, page 99:
      The Jewish month was a lunar month having no less than twenty-nine and no more than thirty days. The first day of the month was determined from the new moon. Of course, the new moon is not visible, but one or two days after the new moon, a faintly glowing moon sickle appears.
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