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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 3188. μέλαν (melan) -- Black, dark</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/3188.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/revelation/1-10.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/3188.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 3188</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/3187.htm" title="3187">◄</a> 3188. melan <a href="../greek/3189.htm" title="3189">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">melan: Black, dark</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">μέλας</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Adjective<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>melan<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>MEH-las<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(mel'-an)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Black, dark<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>ink.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from a primary word μέλας (melas), meaning "black" or "dark."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span> - Strong's Hebrew 7838: שָׁחֹר (shachor) – meaning "black" or "dark."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>In the New Testament, "melan" is used to describe the color black or something that is dark in appearance. It can be used both literally, to describe physical objects, and metaphorically, to convey spiritual or moral darkness.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Greek culture, the color black often symbolized mourning, evil, or the unknown. It was associated with the underworld and death, as well as with mystery and the divine. In the biblical context, black can symbolize sin, judgment, or the absence of God's light.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>neut. of <a href="/greek/3189.htm">melas</a>, q.v.<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 3188: μέλαν</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">μέλαν</span></span>, <span class="greek2">μέλανος</span>, <span class="greek2">τό</span>, see the following word. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>ink. <p>Neuter of <a href="/greek/3189.htm">melas</a> as noun; ink -- ink. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/3189.htm">melas</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>μελάνθιον μελανι μέλανι μελανος μέλανος μελανωμένη melani mélani melanos mélanos<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/2_corinthians/3-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Corinthians 3:3</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular">Adj-DNS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐνγεγραμμένη οὐ <b>μέλανι</b> ἀλλὰ πνεύματι</span><br><a href="/kjvs/2_corinthians/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> not <span class="itali">with ink,</span> but<br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/3-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> having been inscribed not <span class="itali">in ink</span> but with [the] Spirit<p><b><a href="/text/2_john/1-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 John 1:12</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular">Adj-GNS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_john/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">χάρτου καὶ <b>μέλανος</b> ἀλλὰ ἐλπίζω</span><br><a href="/kjvs/2_john/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> paper and <span class="itali">ink:</span> but I trust<br><a href="/interlinear/2_john/1-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> paper and <span class="itali">ink</span> but hope<p><b><a href="/text/3_john/1-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">3 John 1:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular">Adj-GNS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/3_john/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">θέλω διὰ <b>μέλανος</b> καὶ καλάμου</span><br><a href="/kjvs/3_john/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> not with <span class="itali">ink</span> and pen<br><a href="/interlinear/3_john/1-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> I desire with <span class="itali">ink</span> and pen<p><b><a href="/greek/3188.htm">Strong's Greek 3188</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_3188.htm">3 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/melani_3188.htm">μέλανι — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/melanos_3188.htm">μέλανος — 2 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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