Bible Dictionaries
Black
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; Song of Solomon 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. Copyright Statement
These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.
Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Black'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/b/black.html. 1897.