Reference: Black
Easton
properly the absence of all colour. In Pr 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 De 32:10; Ps 17:8; Pr 7:2. It is a different word which is rendered "black" in Le 13:31,37; Song 1:5; 5:11; 6/2/type/am'>Zec 6:2,6. It is uncertain what the "black marble" of Es 1:6 was which formed a part of the mosaic pavement.
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If the priest examines the spot infected by the mangelike disease, and it does not appear deeper than the skin and there is no black hair in it, the priest shall bind up the spot for seven days.
But if in his estimation the mange is at a standstill and has black hair in it, the mangelike disease is healed; he is clean; the priest shall pronounce him clean.
He found him in a desert land, in the howling void of the wilderness; He kept circling around him, He scanned him [penetratingly], He kept him as the pupil of His eye.
There were hangings of fine white cloth, of green and of blue [cotton], fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings or rods and marble pillars. The couches of gold and silver rested on a [mosaic] pavement of porphyry, white marble, mother-of-pearl, and [precious] colored stones.
Keep and guard me as the pupil of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
Keep my commandments and live, and keep my law and teaching as the apple (the pupil) of your eye.
In the twilight, in the evening; night black and dense was falling [over the young man's life].
I am so black; but [you are] lovely and pleasant [the ladies assured her]. O you daughters of Jerusalem, [I am as dark] as the tents of [the Bedouin tribe] Kedar, like the [beautiful] curtains of Solomon!
His head is [as precious as] the finest gold; his locks are curly and bushy and black as a raven.
The first chariot had red or bay horses, the second chariot had black horses,
The chariot with the black horses is going forth into the north country, and the white ones are going forth after them [because there are two northern powers to overcome], and the dappled ones are going forth toward the south country.
Hastings
Morish
Under the figure of a bride the remnant of Israel says, I am 'black,' describing herself as having become dark or swarthy by the rays of the sun; the scorching effect of affliction, Cant. 1:5, 6: 'burning instead of beauty.' Isa 3:24. The kingdom of the Medes and Persians is described as a chariot with 'black' horses, 6/2/type/am'>Zec 6:2,6; and in the Revelation, in the third seal a rider on a 'black' horse betokens scarcity. Re 6:5. It is symbolical of what is dismal and threatening.
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And it shall come to pass that instead of the sweet odor of spices there shall be the stench of rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a rich robe, a girding of sackcloth; and searing [of captives by the scorching heat] instead of beauty.
The first chariot had red or bay horses, the second chariot had black horses,
The chariot with the black horses is going forth into the north country, and the white ones are going forth after them [because there are two northern powers to overcome], and the dappled ones are going forth toward the south country.
When He broke open the third seal, I heard the third living creature call out, Come and look! And I saw, and behold, a black horse, and in his hand the rider had a pair of scales (a balance).