◄ 3189. melas ►
Strong's Concordance melas: black Original Word: μέλας, αινα, αν Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: melas Phonetic Spelling: (mel'-as) Short Definition: black Definition: black. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3189: μέλας μέλας, 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 Exhaustive Concordance black. Apparently a primary word; black -- black. Forms and Transliterations μέλαινα μελαιναν μέλαιναν μέλανες μελας μέλας melainan mélainan melas mélas Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 3189 3 Occurrences μέλαιναν — 1 Occ. μέλας — 2 Occ. Matthew 5:36 Adj-AFS GRK: ποιῆσαι ἢ μέλαιναν NAS: white or black. KJV: white or black. INT: to make or black Revelation 6:5 Adj-NMS GRK: ἰδοὺ ἵππος μέλας καὶ ὁ NAS: and behold, a black horse; KJV: and lo a black horse; and INT: behold a horse black and the [one] Revelation 6:12 Adj-NMS GRK: ἥλιος ἐγένετο μέλας ὡς σάκκος NAS: became black as sackcloth KJV: the sun became black as sackcloth INT: sun became black as sackcloth 3 Occurrences