μέλας
melas
“black”
Definition
black
apparently a primary word;
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
G:A
Greek Adjective
Occurrences
μέλας appears 3 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.
And when the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!”Then I looked and saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of scales.
And when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,
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