What does μέλαν (mélan) mean in the Bible?
μέλαν (mélan) is a Greek word meaning "ink".
Greek · G3188
μέλαν
Ink
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μέλαν G3188
Pronunciation mélan
What does μέλαν (mélan) mean in the Bible?
μέλαν (mélan) is a Greek word meaning "ink".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3188?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include ink (2), with ink (1).
Where does μέλαν (mélan) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Corinthians 3:3. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (1), 2 John (1), 3 John (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It ink 2× 2 John 1:12, 3 John 1:13
with ink 1× 2 Corinthians 3:3
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 2 Corinthians 3:3
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
2 Corinthians 1 2 John 1 3 John 1
Source forms
μέλανος 2x melanos 2 John 1:12, 3 John 1:13
μέλανι 1x melani 2 Corinthians 3:3
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 2x 2 John 1:12, 3 John 1:13
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular 1x 2 Corinthians 3:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. ink
Strong's G3188
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
ink
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
2 Corinthians 3:3 Adjective Dative Singular Neuter
μέλανι, melani
ink
Read verse 2 John 1:12 Adjective Genitive Singular Neuter
μέλανος· melanov
ink
Read verse 3 John 1:13 Adjective Genitive Singular Neuter
μέλανος melanov
ink
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Genitive (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Neuter 2 John 1:12 · 3 John 1:13 2×
Dative · Singular · Neuter 2 Cor 3:3 1×
Word Origins
μέλαν is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain