Black
שָׁחֹרStrong’s H7838shachor (sha-chor)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shachor is the Hebrew word usually translated “black”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;”
Meaning
- Black
How it's translated
- black 6
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 2
- Song of Solomon 2
- Zechariah 2
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 6:6In contextThe black horses which are therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country.
- Leviticus 13:31And 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:
- Leviticus 13:37But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
- Song of Solomon 1:5I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
- Song of Solomon 5:11His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁחֹר shachor · black
black
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “black” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BLACK, adjective
- Of the color of night; destitute of light; dark.
- Darkened by clouds; as the heavens black with clouds.
- Sullen; having a cloudy look or countenance.
- Atrociously wicked; horrible; as a black deed or crime.
All definitions and other forms of “black”
- Dismal; mournful; calamitous.
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
- A negro; a person whose skin is black
- 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
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). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.