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Bible Lexicons
Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary Greek Lexicon 
Strong's #3188 - μέλαν
Transliteration 
mélan
Phonetics
mel'-an
				
					
					
				
	
Origin
from (G3189) as noun
Parts of Speech
neuter noun
TDNT
None
Definition   
		- Thayer
- Strong
- Mounce
Thayer's
			
			
		- ink
Frequency Lists 
		- Book
- Word
- Parsing
Verse Results 
				
		ASV (3)
					
							2 Corinthians
							1
						
						
							2 John
							1
						
						
							3 John
							1
						
					BSB (3)
					
							2 Corinthians
							1
						
						
							2 John
							1
						
						
							3 John
							1
						
					CSB (3)
					
							2 Corinthians
							1
						
						
							2 John
							1
						
						
							3 John
							1
						
					ESV (1)
					
							2 Corinthians
							1
						
					KJV (3)
					
							2 Corinthians
							1
						
						
							2 John
							1
						
						
							3 John
							1
						
					LEB (0)
					The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
					did not use
this Strong's Number
LSB (0)
					The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
					did not use
this Strong's Number
N95 (0)
					The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number
					did not use
this Strong's Number
NAS (0)
					The New American Standard Bible
did not use
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					did not use
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NLT (3)
					
							2 Corinthians
							2
						
						
							2 John
							1
						
						
							3 John
							1
						
					WEB (3)
					
							2 Corinthians
							1
						
						
							2 John
							1
						
						
							3 John
							1
						
					YLT (3)
					
							2 Corinthians
							1
						
						
							2 John
							1
						
						
							3 John
							1
						
					Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions
		μέλᾰν, ᾰνος, τό,
(neut. of μέλας) ink, Pl. Phdr. 276c; τὸ μ. τρίβων D. 18.258, cf. Herod. 5.66, etc.; μ. γραφικόν Dsc. 1.69;
I
1. used of a drawing material capable of erasure, Procl. Hyp. 3.72.
2. μ. Ἰνδικόν indigo, Peripl.M.Rubr. 39.
II
1. iris of the eye, Arist. HA 491b21. cornea, Gal. 14.772.
2. = αἰδοῖον, τὸ μ. τῷ μ. συναρμόσαι PMag.Par. 1.403.
Thayer's Expanded Definition
		μέλαν, μέλανος, τό, see the following word.
Thayer's Expanded Greek Definition, Electronic Database.
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All rights rserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament
		μέλαν , τό , see μέλας G3189.
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
List of Word Forms
		μελάνθιον μελανι μέλανι μελανος μέλανος μελανωμένη melani mélani melanos mélanos