adjective

melanos

Greekμέλας (melas)

Strong’sG3189

black

stem melan-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

black3×

What it means

μέλας, -αινα, -αν, gen., -ανος, -αίνης, -ανος,

[in LXX: Ca 1:5, Za 6:2 (שָׁחֹר), etc.;]

black: Re 6:5, 12; opp. to λευκός, Mt 5:36; neut., τὸ μ., ink: II Co 3:3, II Jo 12, III Jo 13.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3189 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmel'-as

black

Fromapparently a primary word;

King Jamesblack.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	melanos2×μέλας	melanas	melanem	melanois	melanais	melaneim
object accusative	melanon	melanan1×μέλαιναν		melanoin	melanain
direct address vocative	melanor	melanar		melanoir	melanair
of, belonging to genitive	melanou	melanau	melaneu	melanoiu	melanaiu	melaneiu
to, for dative	melano	melana	melane	melanoi	melanai	melanei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

melanstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

melan is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

melanem — μέλαν, ink

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

melanos“black”subjectnominative singular2×

Revelation 6:5“black”Kai hote anoigata tan sfragian tan tritan, akouama teu triteu zōeu legarōteu; Erchesōr. kai horama, kai idou hippos melanos, kai tos katherōtos epi auton echarōtos zugon en ta cheira autou.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.

Revelation 6:12“black”Kai horama hote anoigata tan sfragian tan hektan, kai seismos megos gineta, kai tos hēlios gineta melanos hōs sakkos trichinos, kai tas selēnas holas gineta hōs haimem,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,

melanan“black”objectaccusative singular1×

Matthew 5:36“black”mēte en ta kefala su omnuaseia, hoti ouk dunesō henan thrixan leukan poiara ē melanan.Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.