Jump to: ATS • ISBE • Webster's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Greek • Hebrew • Library • Subtopics • Terms • Resources ATS Bible Dictionary InkJeremiah 36:18. The ink of the ancients was thick and durable, and resembled our printer's ink. The ordinary materials were powdered charcoal, or ivory black, water, and gum. The black matter of the scuttle-fish was also used. Writers carried their inkhorns within, or suspended from, their girdles, Ezekiel 9:2. See GIRDLE. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1. (n.) The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstone spindle runs.2. (n.) A fluid, or a viscous material or preparation of various kinds (commonly black or colored), used in writing or printing. 3. (n.) A pigment. See India. 4. (v. t.) To put ink upon; to supply with ink; to blacken, color, or daub with ink. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia INKink (deyo, from root meaning "slowly flowing," BDB, 188; melan, "black"): Any fluid substance used with pen or brush to form written characters. In this sense ink is mentioned once in the Hebrew Bible (Jeremiah 36:2) and 3 times in the Greek New Testament (2 Corinthians 3:3 2 John 1:12; 2 John ; 3 John 1:13), and it is implied in all references to writing on papyrus or on leather. The inference from the "blotting out" of Exodus 32:33 and Numbers 5:23 that the Hebrew ink was a lamp-black and gum, or some other dry ink, is confirmed by the general usage of antiquity, by the later Jewish prejudice against other inks (OTJC, 71 note) and by a Jewish receipt referring to ink-tablets (Drach, "Notice sur l'encre des Hebreux," Ann. philos. chret., 42, 45, 353). The question is, however, now being put on a wholly new basis by the study of the Elephantine Jewish documents (Meyer, Papyrusfund2, 1912, 15, 21), and above all of the Harvard Ostraca from Samaria which give actual specimens of the ink in Palestine in the time of Ahab (Harvard Theological Review, Jan. 1911, 136-43). It is likely, however, that during the long period of Bible history various inks were used. The official copy of the law in the time of Ptolemy Philadelphus was, according to Josephus (Ant., XII, ii, 11), written in gold, and the vermilion and red paints and dyes mentioned in Jeremiah 22:14 Ezekiel 23:14, and The Wisdom of Solomon 13:14 (milto kai phukei) were probably used also for writing books or coloring incised inscriptions. See literature under WRITING; especially Krauss, Talmud, Arch. 3, 148-53; Gardthausen, Greek Palestine, 1911, I, 202-17, and his bibliographical references passim. Greek 3188. melan -- ink. ... melan. 3189 . ink. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: melan Phonetic Spelling: (mel'-an) Short Definition: ink Definition: ink. ... of melas, qv. ink. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3188.htm - 6k 3189. melas -- black Strong's Hebrew 1773. deyo -- ink... deyo. 1774 . ink. Transliteration: deyo Phonetic Spelling: (deh-yo') Short Definition: ink. Word Origin noun from davah Definition ink NASB Word Usage ink (1) ... /hebrew/1773.htm - 5k 7083. qeseth -- a pot (for ink), inkhorn Library The Action of Jesus Christ in the Souls of Men. Explaining the Divine Life. Twelfth Sunday after Trinity Gospel Transcends Law. The Power of God's Word Over the Human Affections. The New Covenant: a Ministration of the Spirit 2 Cor. Iii. 1 "Rabbi," Says Nicodemus to Christ, "We Know that Thou Art a ... The Same Unity May Also be Recognized from the Fact that the ... Wesley's Last Hours The Truth is to be Found Nowhere Else but in the Catholic Church ... Thesaurus Ink (4 Occurrences)... 3. (n.) A pigment. See India. 4. (vt) To put ink upon; to supply with ink; to blacken, color, or daub with ink. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. INK. ... /i/ink.htm - 10k Ink-horn (3 Occurrences) Inkhorn (4 Occurrences) Pen (16 Occurrences) Printed (2 Occurrences) Printing Blot (23 Occurrences) Print (3 Occurrences) Ostraca Deal (170 Occurrences) Resources Should a Christian get a henna tattoo? | GotQuestions.orgWhat is the Green Bible? | GotQuestions.org What is monophysitism? What is Eutychianism? | GotQuestions.org Ink: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus Concordance Ink (4 Occurrences)2 Corinthians 3:3 2 John 1:12 3 John 1:13 Jeremiah 36:18 Subtopics Ink: General Scriptures Concerning Related Terms |