STRONGS G3189:
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.)
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