White
λευκόςStrong’s G3022leukos
Appears in 23 verses of the New Testament
In short
Leukos is the Greek word usually translated “white”. It appears in 23 verses of the New Testament.
“Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.”
Meaning
Usually translated “white”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- white 25
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 14
- Matthew 3
- Mark 2
- John 2
- Luke 1
- Acts 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 17:2And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
- Matthew 28:3His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
- Mark 9:3And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
- Mark 16:5And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.
- Luke 9:29And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.
- John 4:35Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
Greek dictionary
λευκός leukos · white
λευκο-βύσσινος, -ον (cf. λευκολινής, a robe of white flax, C.I., 155, 17), white linen: Rev.19:14 (WH, mg.).† λευκός, ή, -όν [in LXX chiefly for לָבָן ;] 1. bright, brilliant: of clothing, Mat.17:2, Mrk.9:3 16:5, Luk.9:29, Act.1:10, Rev.3:5 4:4 6:11 7:9, 13 19:14 (cf. Ecc.9:8); ὡς χιών, Mat.28:3; ἐν λ.. (sc. ἱματίοις), Jhn.20:12, Rev.3:4; θρόνος, Rev.20:11. 2. white: Mat.5:36, Rev.1:14 2:17 4:4 6:2 14:14 19:11; figuratively, of garments, Rev.3:18; of ripened grain, Jhn.4:35.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “white” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WHITE, adjective
[G.]
- Being in the color of pure snow; snowy; not dark; as white paper; a white skin.
- Pale; destitute of color in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; as white with fear.
- Having the color of purity; pure; clean; free from spot; as white robed innocence.
- Gray; as white hair; a venerable man, white with age.
All definitions
- Pure; unblemished.
- In a scriptural sense, purified from sin; sanctified. Psalms 51:7
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.