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)

black; ink