μέλας mélas

Meaning

black

In the King James Version: black

Derivation: apparently a primary word;

Where it is used

• Matthew 5:36 Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.
• Revelation 6:5 And when the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” Then I looked and saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of scales.
• Revelation 6:12 And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,