μέλας melas · G3189

black

μέλας, -αινα, -αν genitive, -ανος, -αίνης, -ανος, ; [in LXX: Sng.1:5, Zec.6:2 (שָׁחֹר), etc. ; ] ; black: Rev.6:5, 12; opposite to λευκός, Mat.5:36; neut., τὸ μ., ink : 2Co.3:3, II Jn 12, 3Jn.13.†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

μέλᾱς ; (μέλᾰς []; genitive μέλᾰνος, μελαίνης, μέλᾰνος, etc.; Epic dialect dative μείλανι (for the sake of meter) []: Aeolic dialect nominative μέλαις, from *μέλανς, []:—black, dark: in [] generally, dark in colour, οἶνος []; μέλαν αἷμα, κῦμα, [], from its being pitched over, []; of men, dark, swarthy, μέλανας δὲ ἀνδρικοὺς ἰδεῖν []; τὰ μ. black marks about the ears of dogs, []; II dark, murky, ἕσπερος []; III metaphorically, black, dark, θάνατος []; ὀδύναι []; μ. τύχα, ἀρά, []; Ἅιδης []; ἡμέραι …

Where it's used 3 times

Matthew 5:36 · Revelation 6:5 · Revelation 6:12

Source: TBESG G3189; TFLSJ G3189

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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