Dictionary of Bible Themes  »  4000 Creation  »  4800 Natural and supernatural phenomena  »  4801 black

A dark colour often associated with impending judgment or with evil.

Black as descriptive of colour

Matthew 5:36 See also Exodus 10:15 the plague of locusts; Leviticus 11:13-14 pp Deuteronomy 14:12-13 unclean food; Leviticus 13:31; Deuteronomy 4:11; 1 Kings 18:45; Job 28:3; Job 30:28,30; Songs 5:11; Lamentations 4:7-8

Black horses:

Zechariah 6:2,6; Revelation 6:5 Revelation 6:12

Black as the opposite of light

Job 3:5 Job cursing the day of his birth. See also Isaiah 5:30; Isaiah 45:7; Amos 5:8

Black in the setting of impending judgment

Joel 2:2 See also Amos 8:9; Zephaniah 1:15

Black as a symbol of evil

Job 34:22 See also John 3:19; 2 Peter 2:17; Jude 13

See also

4807  colours
4809  darkness
4846  shadow
4859  white
4957  night
6020  sin
6169  godlessness
8734  evil
9105  last things
9210  judgment, God's