HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7838
שָׁחֹר
sha.chor — black
black
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Black
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G3189
μέλας
melas — black
μέλας, -αινα, -αν genitive, -ανος, -αίνης, -ανος, [in LXX: Sng.1:5, Zec.6:2 (שָׁחֹר), etc. ;] black: Rev.6:5, 12; opposite to λευκός, Mat.5:36; neut., τὸ μ., ink : 2Co.3:3, II Jn 12, 3Jn.13.† (AS)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3568
כּוּשׁ
kush — Cush
§ Cush = "black" the land occupied by the descendants of Cush located around the southern parts of the Nile (Ethiopia)
24 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6539
פָּרַס
pa.ras — Persia
§ Persia = "pure" or "splendid" the empire Persia; encompassed the territory from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included, besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south Persia proper was bounded on the west by Susiana or Elam, on the north by Media, on the south by the Persian Gulf and on the east by Carmania Persian, of Persia "pure" or "splendid"
22 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3569
כּוּשִׁי
ku.shi — Ethiopian
Someone from Ethiopia Group of kush (כּוּשׁ "Ethiopia" H3568H) § Cushi or Ethiopian, of Cush "their blackness" inhabitant of Ethiopia, land of one of the descendants of Cush the grandson of Noah
21 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H397
אָכִישׁ
a.khish — Achish
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.21.10; son of: Maoch (H4582); also called Abimelech (NIV: Abimelek) at Psa.34.1; Also named: a.vi.me.lekh (אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ "Abimelech" H0040I) § Achish = "I will blacken (or terrify)" or "only a man" Philistine king of Gath
20 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2821
חָשַׁךְ
cha.shakh — to darken
1) to be or become dark, grow dim, be darkened, be black, be hidden 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be or grow dark 1a2) to have a dark colour 1a3) to grow dim 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to make dark, cause to be dark 1b2) to hide, conceal 1b3) to obscure, confuse (fig.)
17 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6540
פָּרַס
pa.ras — Persia
Aramaic of pa.ras (פָּרַס "Persia" H6539) § Persia = "pure" or "splendid" the empire Persia; encompassed the territory from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included, besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south 1a) Persia proper was bounded on the west by Susiana or Elam, on the north by Media, on the south by the Persian Gulf and on the east by Carmania Persian, of Persia "pure" or "splendid"
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H380
אִישׁוֹן
i.shon — pupil
1) pupil of the eye 2) middle of the night (that is the deepest blackness)
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2345
חוּם
chum — darkened
dark colour, darkened, dark brown or black
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3648
כָּמַר
ka.mar — to grow warm
1) to yearn, be kindled, be black (hot), grow warm and tender, be or grow hot, become hot, become emotionally agitated 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to grow warm and tender 1a2) to be or grow hot
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5572
סְנֶה
se.neh — bush
1) a bush, thorny bush 1a) the burning bush of Moses 1b) perhaps a blackberry bush
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6320
פּוּךְ
pukh — color
1) antimony, stibium, black paint 1a) eye cosmetic
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3188
μέλαν
melan — ink
μέλαν, τό, see: μέλας. μέλας, -αινα, -αν genitive, -ανος, -αίνης, -ανος, [in LXX: Sng.1:5, Zec.6:2 (שָׁחֹר), etc. ;] black: Rev.6:5, 12; opposite to λευκός, Mat.5:36; neut., τὸ μ., ink : 2Co.3:3, II Jn 12, 3Jn.13.† (AS)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5299
ὑπωπιάζω
hupōpiazō — to wear out
ὑπωπιάζω (ὑπώπιον, (a) the part of the face below the eyes; (b) a blow on the face), to strike under the eye, give a black eye: metaphorically, (a) of persistent annoyance (RV, wear out), Luk.18:6; (b) of severe self-discipline (R, txt. buffet, mg. bruise), 1Co.9:27 (see Field, Notes, 71, 174).† ὑπο-πιάζω, later form of ὑποπιέζω, to press slightly; metaphorically, to repress: 1Co.9:27 T.7 for ὑπωπιάζω, which see† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5822
עׇזְנִיָּה
oz.niy.yah — vulture
1) an unclean bird of prey 1a) osprey, black eagle, buzzard 1b) perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7100
קֶ֫צַח
qe.tsach — dill
1) black cummin 1a) a plant with small black acrid seeds used as a condiment
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H806
אַשְׁחוּר
ash.chur — Ashhur
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at 1Ch.2.24; son of: Hezron (H2696H) and Abiah (H0029J); half-brother of: Ram (H7410), Jerahmeel (H3396), Caleb (H3612H) and Segub (H7687H); married to Helah (H2458) and Naarah (H5292B); father of: Ahuzzam (H0275), Hepher (H2660), Temeni (H8488), Haahashtari (H0326), Zereth (H6889), Izhar (H3328), Ethnan (H0869) and Koz (H6976) § Ashur = "black" son of Pharez
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4809
συκομωραία
sukomōraia — sycamore tree
συκο-μορέα (Rec. -μωραία, L, -μωρέα), -ας, ἡ, more commonly (so Aq., Sm., Psa.78:47, Isa.9:10) συκόμορος (σῦκον + μόρον, the black mulberry), a fig-mulberry, a sycamore: Luk.19:4 (cf. συκάμινος).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1273
בַּרְחֻמִי
bar.chu.mi — Bahurite
Group of ba.chu.rim (בַּחֻרִים "Bahurim" H0980) § Barhumite = "son of the blackened: in the pitied" a person from Bahurim, a village apparently on or close to the road leading up from the Jordan valley to Jerusalem, and near the south boundary of Benjamin
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3570
כּוּשִׁי
ku.shi — Cushi
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at Jer.36.14; father of: Shelemiah (H8018K) § Cushi = "their blackness" 1) an ancestor of Jehudi (Jer. 36.14) 2) the father of the prophet Zephaniah (Zep. 1.1)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3572
כּוּשָׁן
ku.shan — Cushan
§ Cushan = "their blackness" a place in Arabia or Mesopotamia
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3650
כִּמְרִיר
kim.rir — darkness
blackness, gloominess, darkness
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7815
שְׁחוֹר
she.chor — blackness
1) blackness 2) (CLBL) pit
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
Properly the absence of all colour. In Prov. 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 Deut. 32:10; Ps. 17:8; Prov. 7:2. It is a different word which is rendered “black” in Lev. 13:31, 37; Cant. 1:5; 5:11; and Zech. 6:2, 6. It is uncertain what the “black marble” of Esther 1:6 was which formed a part of the mosaic pavement.
Scripture references
Proverbs 7:9Deuteronomy 32:10Psalms 17:8Proverbs 7:2Leviticus 13:31Leviticus 13:37Song of Solomon 1:5Song of Solomon 5:11Zechariah 6:2Zechariah 6:6Esther 1:6
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.