λευκός

leukos

white

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Strong’s G3022Adjective25 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Translated as

white24

are white1

In the text

Matthew 5:36λευκὴν
Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.
Mark 9:3λευκὰ
His clothes became radiantly white, brighter than any launderer on earth could bleach them.
Luke 9:29λευκὸς
And as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became radiantly white.
John 4:35λευκαί
Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.
Acts 1:10λευκαῖς
They were looking intently into the sky as He was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.
Revelation 1:14λευκαὶ
The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire.

Abbott-Smith

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)

Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.