Lexicon melas: black Original Word: μέλας, αινα, ανPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: melas Phonetic Spelling: (mel'-as) Short Definition: black Definition: black. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. word Definitionblack NASB Translationblack (3), ink (3).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3189: μέλαςμέλας, μέλαινα, μέλαν, genitive μέλανος, μελαινης, μέλανος (from Homer down), the Sept. several times for שָׁחֹר, black: Revelation 6:5, 12; opposed to λευκός, Matthew 5:36. Neuter τό μέλαν, substantive black ink ( Plato, Phaedr., p. 276 c.; Demosthenes, p. 313, 11; Plutarch, mor., p. 841 e.; others): 2 Corinthians 3:3; 2 John 1:12; 3 John 1:13; (cf. Gardthausen, Palaeographie, Buch i. Kap. 4; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, ii., 270f; B. D. under the word , under the end.)
Strong's black. Apparently a primary word; black -- black. |
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