Words the Bible translates as black
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- melasμέλαςblacknot studied yet
- shaḥorשָׁחֹרblacknot studied yet
- ishonאִישׁוֹןthe black heart of the night: the deepest, darkest point inside a stretch of darkness
+1 more meaning
- the pupil of the eye: the dark opening at its center, named as the one spot a person shields without thinking
- sheḥarḥoretשְׁחַרְחֹרblackish: dark of skin, tanned by the sun rather than black outright
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Every English meaning beginning with B is on its letter page, and the whole index starts at Browse.