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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Properly the absence of all colour. In Proverbs 7:9 the Hebrew word means, as in the margin of the Revised Version, "the pupil of the eye." It is translated "apple" of the eye in Deuteronomy 32:10; Psalm 17:8; Proverbs 7:2. It is a different word which is rendered "black" in Leviticus 13:31,37; Cant. 1:5; 5:11; and Zechariah 6:2, 6. It is uncertain what the "black marble" of Esther 1:6 was which formed a part of the mosaic pavement.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

HORSE, BLACK

(hippos melas): Symbolic of famine ("balance. measure of wheat for a shilling," etc., Revelation 6:5, 6; compare Zechariah 6:2, 6).

See REVELATION OF JOHN.

BLACK

See COLORS.

Greek

3189. melas -- black
... 3188, 3189. melas. 3190 . black. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration:
melas Phonetic Spelling: (mel'-as) Short Definition: black Definition: black. ...
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4807. sukaminos -- the mulberry tree, the sycamine
... Feminine Transliteration: sukaminos Phonetic Spelling: (soo-kam'-ee-nos) Short
Definition: a sycamore tree Definition: a sycamore tree, black mulberry tree. ...
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2217. zophos -- deep gloom
... Word Origin akin to gnophos Definition deep gloom NASB Word Usage black
(2), darkness (2), gloom (1). blackness, darkness, mist. ...
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4809. sukomorea -- the fig-mulberry tree, sycamore fig
... Word Origin from sukon and moron (the black mulberry) Definition the fig-mulberry
tree, sycamore fig NASB Word Usage sycamore tree (1). sycamore tree. ...
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3468. molops -- a bruise
... stripe, wound. From molos ("moil"; probably akin to the base of molis) and probably
ops (the face; from optanomai); a mole ("black eye") or blow-mark -- stripe. ...
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931. basanos -- a touchstone (a dark stone used in testing metals) ...
... Cognate: 931 -- originally, a black, silicon-based stone used as "a touchstone"
to the purity of precious metals (like silver and gold). See 928 (). ...
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3526. Niger -- Niger, a Christian
... Niger. Of Latin origin; black; Niger, a Christian -- Niger. (niger) -- 1
Occurrence. 3525, 3526. Niger. 3527 . Strong's Numbers.
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5299. hupopiazo -- to strike under the eye
... worry, exhaust. 5299 (from 5259 , "under" and , "eye") -- properly, to strike ,
ie giving someone "a black eye.". Word Origin from ...
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4195. Pontos -- "a sea," Pontus, a region of Asia Minor
... Phonetic Spelling: (pon'-tos) Short Definition: Pontus Definition: Pontus, a Roman
province in the north of Asia Minor, bordering on the Black Sea, governed ...
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978. Bithunia -- Bithynia, a province in Asia Minor
... Spelling: (bee-thoo-nee'-ah) Short Definition: Bithynia Definition: Bithynia, a
Roman province, north-west of Asia Minor and south-west of the Black Sea. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7835. shachar -- to be black
... to be black. Transliteration: shachar Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-khar') Short Definition:
black. ... root Definition to be black NASB Word Usage turns black (1). ...
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7838. shachor -- black
... black. Transliteration: shachor Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-khore') Short Definition:
black. Word Origin from shachar Definition black NASB Word Usage black (6). ...
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2345. chum -- darkened, dark brown or black
... 2344, 2345. chum. 2346 . darkened, dark brown or black. Transliteration:
chum Phonetic Spelling: (khoom) Short Definition: black. ...
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806. Ashchuwr -- "black," an Israelite
... 805b, 806. Ashchuwr. 806a . "black," an Israelite. Transliteration: Ashchuwr
Phonetic Spelling: (ash-khoor') Short Definition: Ashur. Ashur ...
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806a. Ashchur -- "black," an Israelite
... 806, 806a. Ashchur. 806b . "black," an Israelite. Transliteration: Ashchur
Short Definition: Ashhur. Word Origin from shachar Definition "black," an Isr. ...
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7100. qetsach -- black cumin
... 7099, 7100. qetsach. 7101 . black cumin. Transliteration: qetsach Phonetic
Spelling: (keh'-tsakh) Short Definition: dill. Word Origin ...
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5508. sochereth -- a stone (used in paving)
... black marble. Similar to cocherah; probably a (black) tile (or tessara) for laying
borders with -- black marble. see HEBREW cocherah. 5507, 5508. ...
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2821. chashak -- to be or grow dark
... be black, be make dark, darken, cause darkness, be dim, hide. A primitive
root; to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to ...
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3648. kamar -- to grow warm and tender, to be or grow hot
... be black, be kindled, yearn. A primitive root; properly, to intertwine or contract,
ie (by implication) to shrivel (as with heat); figuratively ...
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7840. shecharchoreth -- blackish
... Word Origin from shachar Definition blackish NASB Word Usage swarthy (1). black.
From shachar; swarthy -- black. see HEBREW shachar. 7839, 7840. ...
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Library

William Black
William Black. <. William Black John Maclean. Produced by Diane
Monico and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclean/william black/

The Life of Mr. David Black.
... The Life of Mr. DAVID BLACK. Mr. Black was for some time colleague to the
worthy Mr. Andrew Melvil minister at St. Andrews. He was ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the life of mr david.htm

For if this Deity Requires a Black, that a White Skin...
... Book III. 43 For if this deity requires a black, that a white skin? For
if this deity [4070] requires a black, that [4071] a white ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/43 for if this deity.htm

I am Black, but Comely, O Ye Daughters of Jerusalem, as the Tents ...
... COMMENTARY. CHAPTER I. 4. I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem,
as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/guyon/song of songs of solomon/4 i am black but.htm

A Black Catalogue.
... Book X. Chapter XXI."A Black Catalogue. "Thus much of his incests; I shall
now speak of his adulteries. He defiled Europa, the ...
/.../unknown/recognitions of clement /chapter xxi a black catalogue.htm

Knox in England: the Black Rubric: Exile: 1549-1554
... CHAPTER IV: KNOX IN ENGLAND: THE BLACK RUBRIC: EXILE: 1549-1554. ... restored, this
"Black Rubric" which Anglicanism owes to the Scottish Reformer. ...
/.../lang/john knox and the reformation/chapter iv knox in england .htm

Black and Wesley.
William Black. <. ... V. BLACK AND WESLEY. A memorable year for Methodism
and William Black was 1791, as on the second day ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclean/william black/v black and wesley.htm

Black-Balled by Man, Saved by Christ.
... Black-balled by Man, Saved by Christ. ... They went and made inquiry about him, and
they found he was a drunken sailor, so they black-balled him. ...
/.../moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/black-balled by man saved by.htm

Emancipation --Black and White.
... II. EMANCIPATION"BLACK AND WHITE. Quashie's plaintive inquiry, "Am I
not a man and a brother?" seems at last to have received ...
/.../huxley/lay sermons addresses and reviews/ii emancipationblack and white.htm

William Black
William Black. <. ... Title Page. WILLIAM BLACK THE APOSTLE OF METHODISM IN
THE MARITIME PROVINCES OF CANADA. BY JOHN MACLEAN, PH. D.,. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclean/william black/title page.htm

Thesaurus

Black (52 Occurrences)
... of the eye." It is translated "apple" of the eye in Deuteronomy 32:10; Psalm
17:8; Proverbs 7:2. It is a different word which is rendered "black" in Leviticus ...
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Black-mulberry-tree (1 Occurrence)
Black-mulberry-tree. Blackish, Black-mulberry-tree. Blackness .
Multi-Version Concordance Black-mulberry-tree (1 Occurrence). ...
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Chemarim (1 Occurrence)
...Black, (Zephaniah 1:4; rendered "idolatrous priests" in 2 Kings 23:5, and "priests"
in Hosea 10:5). Some derive this word from the Assyrian Kamaru, meaning "to ...
/c/chemarim.htm - 10k

Blackness (13 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The quality or state of being black; black color;
atrociousness or enormity in wickedness. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Cormorant (4 Occurrences)
... Cormorants devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of gluttony. They
are generally black, and hence are called sea ravens, and coalgeese. ...
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Marble (5 Occurrences)
... (3.) Bahat, "red marble," probably the verd-antique or half-porphyry of Egypt.
(4.) Sohareth, "black marble," probably some spotted variety of marble. ...
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Raven (7 Occurrences)
... Hebrews `orebh, from a root meaning "to be black" (Comp. Cant. ... 1. (n.) A large black
passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger. ...
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Ebony (2 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary A black, hard wood, brought by the merchants from India
to Tyre (Ezek. ... The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green. ...
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Mulberry (6 Occurrences)
... trembling poplar. "We know with certainty that the black poplar, the aspen,
and the Lombardy poplar grew in Palestine. The aspen ...
/m/mulberry.htm - 11k

Coal (7 Occurrences)
... Two different words are found in Hebrew to denote coal, both occurring in Proverbs
26:21, "As coal [Hebrews peham; ie, "black coal"] is to burning coal ...
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Resources

Who are the Black Hebrews / Black Israelites? | GotQuestions.org

Are there any black people mentioned in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

How should Christians view the Black Lives Matter movement? | GotQuestions.org

Black: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance

Black (52 Occurrences)

Matthew 5:36
Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one hair white or black.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 12:18
For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm,
(Root in WEB KJV ASV BBE WBS YLT)

2 Peter 2:17
These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
(Root in WEB ASV NAS NIV)

Jude 1:13
wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
(Root in WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS NIV)

Revelation 6:5
When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come and see!" And behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a balance in his hand.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 6:12
I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 30:32
I will pass through all your flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats. This will be my hire.
(WEB ASV BBE NAS RSV)

Genesis 30:33
So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my hire that is before you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that might be with me, will be counted stolen."
(WEB ASV BBE NAS RSV)

Genesis 30:35
That day, he removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
(WEB ASV BBE NAS RSV)

Genesis 30:40
Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the black in the flock of Laban: and he put his own droves apart, and didn't put them into Laban's flock.
(WEB ASV NAS RSV)

Exodus 10:15
For all the face of the earth was covered with them, so that the land was black; and every green plant and all the fruit of the trees which was untouched by the ice-storm they took for food: not one green thing, no plant or tree, was to be seen in all the land of Egypt.
(BBE NIV)

Leviticus 11:13
"'These you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the black vulture,
(WEB NIV)

Leviticus 11:14
and the red kite, any kind of black kite,
(WEB NIV)

Leviticus 13:31
If the priest examines the plague of itching, and behold, its appearance isn't deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall isolate him the person infected with itching seven days.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 13:37
But if in his eyes the itch is arrested, and black hair has grown in it; the itch is healed, he is clean. The priest shall pronounce him clean.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 4:11
And you came near, waiting at the foot of the mountain; and flames of fire went up from the mountain to the heart of heaven, with dark clouds, and all was black as night.
(BBE NIV)

Deuteronomy 14:12
But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey,
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 14:13
and the falcon, and the kite, and the black kite after its kind;
(DBY NIV)

1 Kings 18:45
It happened in a little while, that the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 1:6
There were hangings of white, green, and blue material, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and marble pillars. The couches were of gold and silver, on a pavement of red, white, yellow, and black marble.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Job 3:5
Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Job 6:16
Which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)

Job 10:21
Before I go to the place from which I will not come back, to the land where all is dark and black,
(BBE)

Job 23:17
For I am overcome by the dark, and by the black night which is covering my face.
(BBE)

Job 30:30
My skin grows black and peels from me. My bones are burned with heat.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 105:28
He sent black night and made it dark; and they did not go against his word.
(BBE)

Psalms 107:10
Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;
(BBE)

Psalms 107:14
He took them out of the dark and the black night, and all their chains were broken.
(BBE)

Psalms 119:83
For I have become like a wine-skin black with smoke; but I still keep the memory of your rules.
(BBE)

Proverbs 7:9
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
(KJV JPS BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Song of Songs 1:5
I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)

Song of Songs 1:6
Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Song of Songs 5:11
His head is like the purest gold. His hair is bushy, black as a raven.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 8:22
And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing.
(BBE)

Isaiah 28:25
When he hath levelled the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and put in the wheat in rows, and the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in the border thereof?
(See JPS)

Isaiah 50:3
I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering."
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 4:28
For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Jeremiah 8:21
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
(KJV JPS WBS YLT)

Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 14:2
Judah mourns, and its gates languish, they sit in black on the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS)

Lamentations 5:10
Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS)

Ezekiel 31:15
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day when he went down to Sheol, I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed; and I made Lebanon black for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.
(DBY YLT)

Ezekiel 32:7
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars thereof black; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
(DBY JPS YLT)

Ezekiel 32:8
All the bright lights of the heavens will I make black over thee, and bring darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord Jehovah.
(DBY JPS YLT)

Joel 2:2
A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as blackness spread upon the mountains; a great people and a mighty, there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.
(Root in JPS BBE RSV NIV)

Joel 2:10
The earth quaketh before them; the heavens tremble; the sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
(See JPS YLT)

Joel 3:15
The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
(See JPS YLT)

Micah 3:6
"Therefore night is over you, with no vision, and it is dark to you, that you may not divine; and the sun will go down on the prophets, and the day will be black over them.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY YLT RSV)

Zechariah 1:8
I saw in the night a man on a red horse, between the mountains in the valley, and at his back were horses, red, black, white, and of mixed colours.
(BBE)

Zechariah 6:2
In the first chariot were red horses; in the second chariot black horses;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Zechariah 6:6
The one with the black horses goes out toward the north country; and the white went out after them; and the dappled went forth toward the south country."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Malachi 3:14
Ye have said, 'A vain thing to serve God! And what gain when we kept His charge? And when we have gone in black, Because of Jehovah of Hosts?
(YLT)

Subtopics

Black

Black Magic

Related Terms

Black-mulberry-tree (1 Occurrence)

Chemarim (1 Occurrence)

Blackness (13 Occurrences)

Cormorant (4 Occurrences)

Marble (5 Occurrences)

Raven (7 Occurrences)

Ebony (2 Occurrences)

Mulberry (6 Occurrences)