Strong's Greek · G3189

μέλας

mélas

black

Definition

black

Derivation

apparently a primary word;

Appears 3 times in Scripture

Revelation 6:12

And 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,

Revelation 6:5

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.

Matthew 5:36

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

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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