Dictionary of Bible Themes A dark colour often associated with impending judgment or with evil. Matthew 5:36Black as descriptive of colour See also Exodus 10:15Leviticus 11:13-14 the plague of locusts Leviticus 13:31pp Dt 14:12-13 Deuteronomy 4:11unclean food 1 Kings 18:45Job 28:3; 30:28,30 Songs 5:11 Lamentations 4:7-8 Zechariah 6:2,6 Revelation 6:5 Black horses: Revelation 6:12Job 3:5 Black as the opposite of light See also Isaiah 5:30; 45:7Job cursing the day of his birth. Amos 5:8Joel 2:2 Black in the setting of impending judgment See also Amos 8:9Zephaniah 1:15 Job 34:22 Black as a symbol of evil See also John 3:192 Peter 2:17 Jude 1:13 See also 4807 colours4809 darkness 4847 smallness 4859 white 4957 night 6020 sin 6169 godlessness 8734 evil 9105 last things 9210 judgment, God's |
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