gnapheus denotes a person invoked as the earthly standard for bleaching clothing white.

The term denotes an earthly person associated with bleaching clothing, used in Mark 9:3 as the comparison point for clothing whose whiteness exceeds what such a person can produce.

1. An earthly bleacher used as a comparison · dominant

   In Mark 9:3, the nominative singular masculine form occurs in the clause comparing the clothing's shining whiteness with what no such person on earth is able to do. The APB renders the clause, "such as no bleacher on the earth is able to bleach in this way."

   Mark 9:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Mark 9:3, the APB presents the person as "no bleacher on the earth" within a comparison of extraordinary white clothing.