Leukos λευκός

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Leukos
λευκός
Transliterationleukos
Strong's numberG3022
LanguageGreek
Part of speechadjective
Glosswhite
Occurrences25 in 23 verses
Most frequent inRevelation (14)

Leukos (Greek λευκός, Strong's G3022) is a Greek adjective meaning “white”. It occurs 25 times in 23 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

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 the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVwhite (25)
BSBwhite (24), ripe (1)

Verses

Every verse with Leukos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Revelation

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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