Lexicon
λευκός
leukos
G3022
G:A Greek

white

25
Occurrences
6
Books
Greek
Language

leukos describes whiteness in clothing, appearances, hair, a cloud, horses, a throne, and harvest-ready fields.

The term marks whiteness across varied visible subjects, most often garments and robes, while also describing faces or hair, heavenly and visionary objects, and fields presented as ready for harvest.

Senses in use

  1. Visible whiteness of persons, objects, and fields · dominant

    The adjective describes the color or appearance of clothing and robes in Acts 1:10, Mark 9:3, and Revelation 3:4; in Mark 9:3 the APB renders the clothing as "shining white." It also qualifies hair in Revelation 1:14, a horse in Revelation 19:11, and fields in John 4:35, where the APB renders them "white for harvest."

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB regularly presents the adjective with "white," including clothing, robes, hair, a cloud, horses, a throne, and fields. In some clothing scenes it adds surrounding descriptive language such as "shining white" or "white clean linen"; Those additions should not be treated as separate meanings of the adjective.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture