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black

Meaning of “black”

Sense 1: Of the darkest colour. Sense 2: Dark or blackened in appearance. Sense 3: Figuratively, darkened by mourning, famine, or judgment.

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18 occurrences18 verses11 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Leviticus 13:31

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Jeremiah 4:28
For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 4:28 · retained source text

For this shall the earth mourne, and the heauens aboue be blacke: because I haue spoken it, I haue purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turne backe from it.

Jeremiah 8:21
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 8:21 · retained source text

For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt, I am blacke: astonishment hath taken hold on me.

Jeremiah 14:2
Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 14:2 · retained source text

Iudah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they are blacke vnto the ground, and the crie of Ierusalem is gone vp.

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