Strong G3189μέλας
black
- Transliteration
- melas
- Pronunciation
- mel'-as
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Apparently a primary word; black: - black.
Detailed definition
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)
[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)
In the Bible
Strong G3189 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- black3
First verses
- Matthew 5:36Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
- Revelation 6:5And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
- Revelation 6:12And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
μέλᾱς
(μέλᾰς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Rhianus Epicus 58, where μέγας is corrupt for μέλας), μέλαινα, μέλᾰν)]; genitive μέλᾰνος, μελαίνης, μέλᾰνος, etc.; Epic dialect dative μείλανι (for the sake of meter) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.79)]: Aeolic dialect nominative μέλαις, from *μέλανς, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 1.123, Greg.Cor. p.599 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, hence restored in 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 57)]:—black, dark: in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] generally, dark in colour, οἶνος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.265)]; μέλαν αἷμα, κῦμα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.149, 23.693; γαῖα μέλαινα 2.699, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 5.2; ὕδωρ μέλαν Αἰσήποιο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.825, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.359, νηῦς μ.)], from its being pitched over, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.300, +others)]; of men, dark, swarthy, μέλανας δὲ ἀνδρικοὺς ἰδεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 474e; ἰσχυρός τις ἦν, μ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.71)]; τὰ μ. black marks about the ears of dogs, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.23.)]
II dark, murky, ἕσπερος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.423; εὐφρόνα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.3.)]
III metaphorically, black, dark, θάνατος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.834, etc.; κήρ [prev. work] 859, etc.)]; ὀδύναι [Refs (4.117, etc. (the origin of the metaphor is seen in the phrases θανάτου μ. νέφος, ἄχεος νεφέλη μ., 16. 350, 18.22))]; μ. τύχα, ἀρά, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 89 (Lyric poetry), “Th.” 832 (Lyric poetry); Ἐρινύς [prev. work] 993 (Lyric poetry),compare “Eu.” 52; ἄτα [prev. author] “Ag.” 769 (Lyric poetry); Ἄρης [prev. work] 1511 (Lyric poetry))]; Ἅιδης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 29; Ἅιδου μ. ἀνάγκα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1388 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]; ἡμέραι μέλαιναι, = Latin dies atri, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 27.)]
III.2 of the voice, indistinct, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 106a25, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 4.44)]; βραχὺ καὶ μ. φώνημα, of Nero, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 61.20.)]
III.3 dark, obscure, enigmatical, ἱστορίη [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.347 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus).)]
III.4 of character, dark, malignant, μ. φρήν, καρδία, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 42.4, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 123.4; μ. ἄνθρωποι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.12d)]; μ. ἦθος M. Ant.4.28.
IV comparative μελάντερος, α, ον, blacker, very black, τοῦ δ᾽ οὔ τι μελάντερον ἔπλετο ἔσθος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.94: proverbial of thick darkness, [νέφος] μελάντερον ἠΰτε πίσσα (see. ἠΰτε) 4.277)]: superlative μελάντατος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐν κεφαλη—ͅ τρωμάτων” 14, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 580, etc.)]:— comparative also μελανώτερος [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 16.4.12)]: superlative μελαινότατος [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.68 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus), “epigram Gr.” 320.4 (from Thyatira).)]
V μέλαινα (i.e. νοῦσος), ἡ, in Medicine texts, of diseases causing black secretions (such as melaena), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 2.73.)]
VI μέλαν, τό, see entry (Cf. Sanskrit málam 'dirt', malinás 'dirty', Lett. melns 'black'.)
(μέλᾰς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Rhianus Epicus 58, where μέγας is corrupt for μέλας), μέλαινα, μέλᾰν)]; genitive μέλᾰνος, μελαίνης, μέλᾰνος, etc.; Epic dialect dative μείλανι (for the sake of meter) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.79)]: Aeolic dialect nominative μέλαις, from *μέλανς, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 1.123, Greg.Cor. p.599 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, hence restored in 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 57)]:—black, dark: in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] generally, dark in colour, οἶνος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.265)]; μέλαν αἷμα, κῦμα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.149, 23.693; γαῖα μέλαινα 2.699, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 5.2; ὕδωρ μέλαν Αἰσήποιο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.825, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.359, νηῦς μ.)], from its being pitched over, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.300, +others)]; of men, dark, swarthy, μέλανας δὲ ἀνδρικοὺς ἰδεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 474e; ἰσχυρός τις ἦν, μ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.71)]; τὰ μ. black marks about the ears of dogs, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.23.)]
II dark, murky, ἕσπερος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.423; εὐφρόνα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.3.)]
III metaphorically, black, dark, θάνατος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.834, etc.; κήρ [prev. work] 859, etc.)]; ὀδύναι [Refs (4.117, etc. (the origin of the metaphor is seen in the phrases θανάτου μ. νέφος, ἄχεος νεφέλη μ., 16. 350, 18.22))]; μ. τύχα, ἀρά, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 89 (Lyric poetry), “Th.” 832 (Lyric poetry); Ἐρινύς [prev. work] 993 (Lyric poetry),compare “Eu.” 52; ἄτα [prev. author] “Ag.” 769 (Lyric poetry); Ἄρης [prev. work] 1511 (Lyric poetry))]; Ἅιδης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 29; Ἅιδου μ. ἀνάγκα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1388 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]; ἡμέραι μέλαιναι, = Latin dies atri, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 27.)]
III.2 of the voice, indistinct, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 106a25, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 4.44)]; βραχὺ καὶ μ. φώνημα, of Nero, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 61.20.)]
III.3 dark, obscure, enigmatical, ἱστορίη [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.347 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus).)]
III.4 of character, dark, malignant, μ. φρήν, καρδία, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 42.4, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 123.4; μ. ἄνθρωποι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.12d)]; μ. ἦθος M. Ant.4.28.
IV comparative μελάντερος, α, ον, blacker, very black, τοῦ δ᾽ οὔ τι μελάντερον ἔπλετο ἔσθος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.94: proverbial of thick darkness, [νέφος] μελάντερον ἠΰτε πίσσα (see. ἠΰτε) 4.277)]: superlative μελάντατος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐν κεφαλη—ͅ τρωμάτων” 14, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 580, etc.)]:— comparative also μελανώτερος [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 16.4.12)]: superlative μελαινότατος [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.68 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus), “epigram Gr.” 320.4 (from Thyatira).)]
V μέλαινα (i.e. νοῦσος), ἡ, in Medicine texts, of diseases causing black secretions (such as melaena), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 2.73.)]
VI μέλαν, τό, see entry (Cf. Sanskrit málam 'dirt', malinás 'dirty', Lett. melns 'black'.)