Greek noun (neuter) · G3188
μέλαν
melanmel'-an
ink
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mélan
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3188is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3188
ink
The King James renders it: ink.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
melan is rendered "ink". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- One of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Corinthians 3:3It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
2 Corinthians 3:3μέλανι
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
One of the word's three uses is in 2 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- ink2
- in ink1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| μέλας | melas | black | Uses3 |
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- μέλανος2
- μέλανι1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular2N-GSN
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular1N-DSN
2 Corinthians
one use
It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
- μέλανιmelaninoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: in ink
2 John
one use
I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come and speak with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
- μέλανοςmelanosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: ink
3 John
one use
I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with pen and ink.
- μέλανοςmelanosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: ink
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.