Strong G3021λευκαίνω
to bleach
- Transliteration
- leukainō
- Pronunciation
- lyoo-kah'ee-no
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G3022; to whiten: - make white whiten.
Detailed definition
λευκαίνω
(λευκός), [in LXX: Psa.51:7, Isa.1:18 (לָבַן hi.), etc.;]
to whiten, make white: with accusative of thing(s), Mrk.9:3, Rev.7:14.†
(AS)
(λευκός), [in LXX: Psa.51:7, Isa.1:18 (לָבַן hi.), etc.;]
to whiten, make white: with accusative of thing(s), Mrk.9:3, Rev.7:14.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3021 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- white2
- make1
First verses
- Mark 9:3And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
- Revelation 7:14And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
λευκαίνω,
late aorist 1 infinitive λευκᾶναι (see. below): perfect passive λελεύκασμαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Diphilus Siphnius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.54b, 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus “fragment” 102)]:—make white, λεύκαινον ὕδωρ ξεστῇς ἐλάτῃσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.172; ἅλα ῥοθίοισι λ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 17; ἐς γένυν ἕρπει λευκαίνων ὁ χρόνος 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.70)]; plaster with whitening, λευκᾶναι τὰ λευκώματα [Refs (“Ephes.” 3p.148)]:—passive, to be or become white, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 730a6, 4th c.BC: Sopater Comicus 8, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.545)], Diph.Siph.[same place]; to be clarified, of oil, Orib. [prev. cited]
2 cause to appear white, of the effect of dawn on lamplight, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 157 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II passive, have a sensation of whiteness, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 7.191, +others)]
III intransitive, grow white, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hyps.fragment” 34(60) i13, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 890a9, LXX.Lev.13.19)]; ἀφροῖο with foam, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 170.)]
late aorist 1 infinitive λευκᾶναι (see. below): perfect passive λελεύκασμαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Diphilus Siphnius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.54b, 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus “fragment” 102)]:—make white, λεύκαινον ὕδωρ ξεστῇς ἐλάτῃσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.172; ἅλα ῥοθίοισι λ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 17; ἐς γένυν ἕρπει λευκαίνων ὁ χρόνος 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.70)]; plaster with whitening, λευκᾶναι τὰ λευκώματα [Refs (“Ephes.” 3p.148)]:—passive, to be or become white, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 730a6, 4th c.BC: Sopater Comicus 8, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.545)], Diph.Siph.[same place]; to be clarified, of oil, Orib. [prev. cited]
2 cause to appear white, of the effect of dawn on lamplight, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 157 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II passive, have a sensation of whiteness, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 7.191, +others)]
III intransitive, grow white, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hyps.fragment” 34(60) i13, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 890a9, LXX.Lev.13.19)]; ἀφροῖο with foam, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 170.)]