Dict: easton - Moon

Moon @ heb. yareah, from its paleness kjv@Ezra:6:15), and lebanah, the "white" (Cant. kjv@6:10; Isaiah:24:23), was appointed by the Creator to be with the sun "for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years" kjv@Genesis: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 kjv@Joshua:10:12; kjv@Psalms:72:5-7, 17; 89:36-37; kjv@Ecclesiastes:12:2; kjv@Isaiah:24:23, etc.), and also by itself kjv@Psalms:8:3 kjv@Psalms:121:6). The great brilliance of the moon in Eastern countries led to its being early an object of idolatrous worship kjv@Deuteronomy:4:19 kjv@Deuteronomy:17:3; kjv@Job:31:26), a form of idolatry against which the Jews were warned kjv@Deuteronomy:4:19 kjv@Deuteronomy:17:3). They, however, fell into this idolatry, and offered incense ( kjv@2Kings:23:5; kjv@Jeremiah:8:2), and also cakes of honey, to the moon kjv@Jeremiah:7:18 kjv@Jeremiah:44:17-19, 25).