G3189

μέλας

melas

Adjective · Apparently a root word

Apparently a primary word; black:—black.

Outline

black
black ink

Usages

Matthew 5:36

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

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Revelation 6:5

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.

Breakdown

The black horse represents judgement and also the time that the Children of Israel were taken to the Americas to serve slavery. balances really means yoke (ζυγός (zü-go's)), i.e. slavery (Deuteronomy 28:48).

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Revelation 6:12

And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

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