Melan means “ink” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3188 — yachas (“genealogy”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3188 μέλαν (melan) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. melan (mel'-an) adj. 1. ink [neuter of G3189 as noun] It has 3 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include ink. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament.
melan (mel'-an) adj. 1. ink [neuter of G3189 as noun] KJV: ink Root(s): G3189
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3188. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
ink
Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render melan, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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3 indexed usages in New Testament.
Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.
I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:
First 3 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3188.
Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.
I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3188, grouped by book.
Melan (Strong's G3188) is a Greek word most simply glossed "ink". melan (mel'-an) adj. 1. ink [neuter of G3189 as noun]
This page currently indexes 3 linked usages for Strong's G3188 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3188 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as ink. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.