5 occurrences

'Black' in the Bible

Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you are not able to make a single hair white or black.

Verse ConceptsBlackWhiteWhite HairBlack HairOne Material ThingAppearance Of HairWorryingColorSwearingHair

Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets [who spoke a new message of God to the people] and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod [Antipas] the tetrarch, and Saul.

Verse ConceptsAfrican AmericansDoctrine, CommunicatedTeachersTetrarchChristian TeachersAnonymityRulers Of A FourthMissionaries

When He (the Lamb) broke open the third seal, I heard the third living creature call out, “Come.” I looked, and behold, a black horse [of famine]; and the rider had in his hand a pair of scales (a balance).

Verse ConceptsDivine BalancesBlackWeighingThe Act Of OpeningOpening DocumentsComing To GodBlack AnimalsThird PersonRight Measuresbalance

So I looked, and behold, an ashen (pale greenish gray) horse [like a corpse, representing death and pestilence]; and its rider’s name was Death; and Hades (the realm of the dead) was following with him. They were given authority and power over a fourth part of the earth, to kill with the sword and with famine and with plague (pestilence, disease) and by the wild beasts of the earth.

Verse ConceptsPersecution, Nature OfPlaguesGreenFamine KillingApproval To KillA Fourth PartRulers Of A FourthThe Fact Of DeathFamineFour Horsemen Of The Apocalypse

Bible Theasaurus

Disastrous (7 instances)
Disgraceful (26 instances)
Dusky (1 instance)
Ebony (2 instances)
Fatal (16 instances)
Fateful (1 instance)
Shameful (41 instances)
Sinister (1 instance)
Smuggled (1 instance)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אישׁון 
'iyshown 
Usage: 5

חשׁך 
Chashak 
Usage: 17

כּמר 
Kamar 
Usage: 4

כּמריר 
Kimriyr 
Usage: 1

סחרת 
Cochereth 
Usage: 1

קדר 
Qadar 
Usage: 17

קדרוּת 
Qadruwth 
Usage: 1

שׁחר 
Shachar 
Usage: 1

שׁחור שׁחר 
Shachor 
Usage: 6

שׁחרחרת 
Sh@charchoreth 
Usage: 1

γνόφος 
Gnophos 
Usage: 1

ζόφος 
Zophos 
Usage: 4

μέλας 
melas 
Usage: 2