Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.
And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days:
Read in context →And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
Read in context →3 occurrences in 3 verses.
Browse those occurrences →This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.
These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.
shâchôr · shaw-khore'
properly, dusky, but also (absol.) jetty
Strong's KJV usage: black.
Strong's first: Leviticus 13:31Strong's last: Zechariah 6:6
Open full H7838 profile →qâdar · kaw-dar'
to be ashy, i.e. dark-colored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)
Strong's KJV usage: be black(-ish), be (make) dark(-en), × heavily, (cause to) mourn.
Strong's first: 1 Kings 18:45Strong's last: Jeremiah 14:2
Open full H6937 profile →mélas · mel'-as
black
Strong's KJV usage: :--black.
Strong's first: Matthew 5:36Strong's last: Revelation 6:12
Open full G3189 profile →ʼîyshôwn · ee-shone'
the little man of the eye; the pupil or ball; hence, the middle (of night)
Strong's KJV usage: apple (of the eye), black, obscure.
Strong's first: Proverbs 7:9Strong's last: Proverbs 7:9
Open full H380 profile →kâmar · kaw-mar'
properly, to intertwine or contract, i.e. (by implication) to shrivel (as with heat); figuratively, to be deeply affected with passion (love or pity)
Strong's KJV usage: be black, be kindled, yearn.
Strong's first: Lamentations 5:10Strong's last: Lamentations 5:10
Open full H3648 profile →çôchêreth · so-kheh'-reth
probably a (black) tile (or tessara) for laying borders with
Strong's KJV usage: black marble.
Strong's first: Esther 1:6Strong's last: Esther 1:6
Open full H5508 profile →shâchar · shaw-khar'
to be dim or dark (in color)
Strong's KJV usage: be black.
Strong's first: Job 30:30Strong's last: Job 30:30
Open full H7835 profile →shᵉcharchôreth · shekh-ar-kho'-reth
swarthy
Strong's KJV usage: black.
Strong's first: Song of Solomon 1:6Strong's last: Song of Solomon 1:6
Open full H7840 profile →Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.
1 occurrence match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.
BLACK, adjective
1. Of the color of night; destitute of light; dark.
2. Darkened by clouds; as the heavens black with clouds.
3. Sullen; having a cloudy look or countenance.
4. Atrociously wicked; horrible; as a black deed or crime.
5. Dismal; mournful; calamitous.
BLACK and blue, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh, which is accompanied with a mixture of blue.
BLACK, noun That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black
1. A negro; a person whose skin is black
2. A black dress, or mourning; as, to be clothed in black
BLACK, verb transitive To make black; to blacken; to soil.
BLACK'-ACT, noun [black and act.] The English statute 9.Geo.I. which makes it felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or
to hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blacked or disguised.
BLACK'-BALL, noun [black and ball.] A composition for blacking shoes.
BLACK'-BALL, verb transitive To reject or negative in choosing, by putting black balls into a ballot-box.
BLACK'-BAR, noun [black and bar.] A plea obliging the plaintiff to assign the place of trespass.
BLACK'-BERRY, noun The berry of the bramble or rubus; a popular name applied, in different places, to different species, or varieties of this fruit.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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