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Koine Greek wordlink #158381

SR GNT Rev 6:12 μέλας (melas) ‘the sun became black as sackcloth hairy’ Strongs=31890 Lemma=melas
Word role=substantive adjective case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=96 AD

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Only use of identical word form μέλας (S-NMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘μέλας’ (S-NMS) is always and only glossed as ‘black’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘melas’ have 3 different glosses: ‘in ink’, ‘black’, ‘ink’.

Greek words (2) other than μέλας (S-NMS) with a gloss related to ‘black’

MAT 5:36 μέλαιναν (melainan) S-AFS Lemma=melaina ‘white to make or black’ SR GNT Mat 5:36 word 18

OET-LV: 36 nor may _you _swear by the head of _you, because you _are_ not _being _able to _make one hair white. or black. (MAT_5:36)

OET-RV: 36 And don’t swear by your own strength, because you can’t even make one strand of hair grow a different colour. (MAT 5:36)

REV 6:5 μέλας (melas) A-NMS ‘and see a horse black and the one sitting’ SR GNT Rev 6:5 word 23

OET-LV: 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. (REV_6:5)

OET-RV: 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. (REV 6:5)

Key: A=adjective S=substantive adjective AFS=accusative,feminine,singular NMS=nominative,masculine,singular