Definition
μέλας, -αινα, -αν genitive, -ανος, -αίνης, -ανος,
[in LXX: Song of Solomon 1:5, Zechariah 6:2 (שָׁחֹר), etc. ;]
black: Revelation 6:5, 12; opposite to λευκός, Matthew 5:36; neut., τὸ μ., ink : 2 Corinthians 3:3, 2 John 12, 3 John 13.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
3 total
- Matthew 5:36μέλαιναν · blackNor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.
- Revelation 6:5μέλας · a blackAnd 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 6:12μέλας · blackAnd I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,