Ink
μέλανStrong’s G3188melan
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Melan is the Greek word usually translated “ink”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “ink”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- ink 2
- in ink 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Corinthians 1
- 2 John 1
- 3 John 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 3 John 1:13In contextI had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:
- 2 Corinthians 3:3Forasmuch 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.
Greek dictionary
μέλαν melan · ink
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ink” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
INK, noun
A black liquor or substance used for writing, generally made of an infusion of galls, copperas and gum-arabic.
- Any liquor used for writing or forming letters, as red ink etc.
- A pigment.
All definitions and other forms of “ink”
INK, verb transitive
To black or daub with ink
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.