μέλας

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μέλας, μέλαινα, μέλαν

Greek transliteration

melas

Simplified transliteration

melas

Strong's number

3188

GK Number

3506

Frequency in New Testament

Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag

a-2a

Gloss

the color black; ink, made of soot or other carbon source mixed with oil or resin

Definition

black, Mt. 5:36; Rev. 6:5, 12, the form μέλαν means ink, 2 Cor. 3:3; 2 Jn. 12; 3 Jn. 13

Matthew 5:36	Nor shall you take an oath by your head, because you cannot make a single hair white or black (melainan \| μέλαιναν \| acc sg fem).
2 Corinthians 3:3	making known that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, written not in ink (melani \| μέλανι \| dat sg neut) but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
2 John 1:12	Although I have many other things to write to you, I do not want to use paper and ink (melanos \| μέλανος \| gen sg neut); instead, I hope to be with you and speak face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
3 John 1:13	I have many things to write to you, but I do not wish to write with pen (melanos \| μέλανος \| gen sg neut) and ink.
Revelation 6:5	And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come!” And I looked, and behold, a black (melas \| μέλας \| nom sg masc) horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand.
Revelation 6:12	And when he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and there was a great earthquake; the sun became as black (melas \| μέλας \| nom sg masc) as sackcloth made of hair, the entire moon became like blood,

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