UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: μέλας; μέλαινα, μέλαν; μέλας; gen.; -ανος, -αίνης, -ανος

Sense 1: black, dark color

Semantic entry: 79.26

Semantic domains: Features of Objects

Subdomains: Color

Notes: Expressions for a number of terms for color differ on the basis of the object which is designated as having such a color. For example, a term for black as applied to a horse may be a different term from what one would use in speaking of a black box.

Show passage in OET: MAT 5:36

OET-RV MAT 5:36

36 And don’t swear by your own strength, because you can’t even make one strand of hair grow a different colour.

OET-LV MAT 5:36

36 nor may _you _swear by the head of _you, because you _are_ not _being _able to _make one hair white.
or black.

Show passage in OET: REV 6:5

OET-RV REV 6:5

5 Then the lamb broke the third seal and I heard the third living creature say, “Come.” I looked, and wow, there was a black horse, and the one sitting on it held balancing scales in his hand.

OET-LV REV 6:5

5 And when he _opened _up the seal the third, I _heard from _the third living _creature saying:
Be _coming.
And I _looked, and see, a_horse black, and the one sitting on it, having a_scale in the hand of _him.

Jump to OET MAT 5:36 section.

Jump to OET REV 6:5 section.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 5:36

REV: OET REV 6:5 · OET REV 6:12

Sense 2: ink

Semantic entry: 6.57

Semantic domains: Artifacts

Subdomains: Instruments Used in Marking and Writing

Definition: a dark liquid used in writing or marking

Notes: The use of ink is so universal at the present time that some term or expression for it is almost inevitable in all languages. However, in some cases the equivalent is essentially a descriptive phrase, for example, ‘black stain’ or ‘writing stain.’

Further resources: realia:1.7.2

Show passage in OET: CO2 3:3

OET-RV CO2 3:3

3 It shows that you who were served by us, are now Messiah’s letter that wasn’t written with ink but with God’s living spirit—not written on stone tablets but on people’s hearts.

OET-LV CO2 3:3

3 being _revealed that you _all _are a_letter of_chosen _one /messiah, having _been _served by us, having _been _inscribed not in _ink, but with_the_spirit of_god the_living, not on tablets stone, but on tablets of _hearts fleshy.

Show passage in OET: JN2 1:12

OET-RV JN2 1:12

12 I’ve got many things that I wanted to write to you about, but paper and ink aren’t working for me so I’ll try to come and then we can talk directly because I want you all to experience genuine happiness.

OET-LV JN2 1:12

12 Having many things to _be _writing to _you _all, I _was_ not _counselled through paper and ink, but I _am _hoping to _become to you _all, and to _speak mouth to mouth, in _order _that the joy of _you _all may _be having _been _fulfilled.

Jump to OET CO2 3:3 section.

Jump to OET JN2 1:12 section.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

CO2: OET CO2 3:3

JN2: OET JN2 1:12

JN3: OET JN3 1:13

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

μέλας

Form 1

Sense 1: black, dark color

Sense 2: ink