To bleach
λευκαίνωStrong’s G3021leukainō
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Leukainō is the Greek word usually translated “whiten” and “made white”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.”
Meaning
Usually translated “whiten” and “made white”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- to whiten 1
- made white 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 1
- Revelation 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Greek dictionary
λευκαίνω leukainō · to bleach
λευκαίνω (λευκός), [in LXX: Psa.51:7, Isa.1:18 (לָבַן hi.), etc. ;] to whiten, make white: with accusative of thing(s), Mrk.9:3, Rev.7:14.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bleach” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BLEACH, verb transitive
[Eng. bleak.]
All definitions and other forms of “bleach”
BLEACH, verb intransitive
To grow white in any manner.
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 Greek, not from any one translation.