3189 - melas

Strong's Concordance

Original word: μέλας
Transliteration: melas
Definition (short): black
Definition (full): black

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: a prim. word
Definition: black
NASB Translation: black (3), ink (3).
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Apparently a primary word; black -- black.
KJV: Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
NASB: "Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.
KJV: Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
NASB: being manifested that you are a letter of Christ, cared for by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
KJV: Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.
NASB: Though I have many things to write to you, I do not want to do so with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you and speak face to face, so that your joy may be made full.
KJV: I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:
NASB: I had many things to write to you, but I am not willing to write them to you with pen and ink;
KJV: And 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.
NASB: When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come." I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.