Biblical Greek

greek #3189 - μέλας, αινα, αν melas (black)

Original Word:	μέλας, αινα, αν
Transliteration:	melas
Definition:	black
Part of Speech:	Adjective
Phonetic Spelling:	(mel'-as)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

black.

Apparently a primary word; black -- black.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Strong's 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 τόμέλαν, 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.)

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Greek: 3189. μέλας (melas) — 3 Occurrences

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

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