Lexicon
λευκαίνω
leukainō
G3021
G:V Greek

to bleach

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Greek
Language

leukaino describes making something white, whether clothing or robes, in the two attested clauses.

The two occurrences show making garments white: clothing in Mark 9:3 and robes in Revelation 7:14. The limited evidence does not require separate lexical senses.

Senses in use

  1. Making garments white · dominant

    In Mark 9:3, the aorist active infinitive occurs in the comparison with what no bleacher on earth is able to do to the shining-white clothing; the APB renders the clause "is able to bleach in this way." In Revelation 7:14, the aorist active indicative plural describes what those from the great tribulation did to their robes; the APB renders that they "made them white in the blood of the Lamb."

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the action as "bleach" in Mark 9:3 and as making robes white in Revelation 7:14. These are presentations of the clauses rather than fixed English equivalents.

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