ΜΕΛΑΝΙ, μελανι
MELANI, melani
Sounds Like: MEH-lah-nee
Translations: ink, black, a black thing, blackness, (to) black, (to) ink
From the root: ΜΕΛΑΣ
Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective
Explanation: This word can function as a noun meaning 'ink' or 'blackness', or as an adjective meaning 'black'. As a noun, it refers to the dark liquid used for writing or drawing. As an adjective, it describes something as being black in color. It is often used in contexts related to writing or describing the color black.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G3189 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 2 Corinthians — 3:3
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 7:187
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 2 Corinthians — 3:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΛΑΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΜΕΛΑΙΝΑ — black, dark, a black, a dark
- ΜΕΛΑΙΝΑΙ — black, dark
- ΜΕΛΑΙΝΑΝ — black, a black, dark, a dark
- ΜΕΛΑΙΝΑΣ — black, dark
- ΜΕΛΑΙΝΗ — black, dark, a black, a dark
- ΜΕΛΑΝΑ — black, dark
- ΜΕΛΑΝΑΣ — black, black ones
- ΜΕΛΑΝΕΣ — black, dark
- ΜΕΛΑΝΟΣ — of black, of dark, of ink
- ΜΕΛΑΝΤΕΡΟΝ — blacker, darker
- ΜΕΛΑΝΩΝ — of black, of black ones
- ΜΕΛΑΝΩΤΕΡΑΙ — darker, blacker
- ΜΕΛΑΟΣ — of black, of dark, of a black, of a dark
- ΜΕΛΑΣ — black, dark, a black one
- ΜΗΛΑΝ — black, dark
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