GreekG3189Adjective

μέλας

melas

3Occurrences
G3189Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

black

apparently a primary word;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
μέλας, -αινα, -*αν *genitive, -ανος, -αίνης, -ανος, black: opposite to λευκός; neut., τὸ μ., ink .
LXX: (שָׁחֹר), etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

μέλας appears 3 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Revelation
2
Matthew
1

Key Passages

Matthew 5:36BSB

Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.

Revelation 6:5BSB

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.

Revelation 6:12BSB

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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