Strong G3022λευκός

white

Transliteration: leukos
Pronunciation: lyoo-kos'
Morphology: Greek Adjective

Definition

From λύκη lukē (light); white: - white.

Detailed definition

λευκός, ή, όν,
light, bright, clear (opposed to μέλας in all senses), αἴγλη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.45)]; λευκὸν (variant{λαμπρόν}).. ἠέλιος ὥς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.185; λ. φάος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 708 (Lyric poetry),compare below 11.3; αἰθήρ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1228 (_anapaest meter_))]; of metallic surfaces, λέβης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.268)]; λ. γαλήνη a glassy calm, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.94)]; of water, clear, limpid, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.282, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.70, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 23 (_anapaest meter_); λ. νᾶμα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 573; - ότατος ποταμῶν 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Jovem” 19.)]
2 metaphorically, clear, distinct, of the voice, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 106a25, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 6.41)]: in literary sense, clear, λ. στίχος [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.347 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus): proverbial, λευκὸς Ἑρμῆς)], when a rogue was detected, [Refs (15th c.AD: Macarius Paroemiographus 5.53.)] adverb -κῶς, πάντα φαίνειν, of Hermes, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Cornutus Philosophus “de Natura Deorum” 16)]: comparative -ότερον, διαλεχθῆναι [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 7.20.)]
II of colour, white, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], varying from the pure white of snow ([ἵπποι] -ότεροι χιόνος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.437))] to the grey of dust (λευκοὶ ἐγένοντο κονισάλῳ [Refs (5.503); γάλα λ. 4.434; κρῖ 5.196; ἄλφιτα 18.560; ἡνία λεύκ᾽ ἐλέφαντι 5.583; ὀδόντες 10.263; ὀστέα 16.347; ἱστία 1.480; φᾶρος 18.353, etc.)]; λ. ἅρμα, ={λεύκιππον}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 172)]; of the white horses used by tyrants, λ. ζεῦγος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.158)], compare λεύκιππο; λ. λίθος marble, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“OGI” 219.36 (Sigeum, 3rd c.BC))], etc., compare λευκόλιθο; λευκῷ[ν]λίθῳ λ. στάθμη a white line on a white stone, proverbial of explanations which do not explain, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 330)]; ἡ λ. ῥίζα white root (= ἡ τοῦ δρακοντίου, accusative to [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.118), 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 2.48, “Nat.Mul.” 32)]; frequently of white or grey hair, λ. κάρη [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Tyrtaeus Elegiacus 10.23; θρίξ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1092; λ. γῆρας [prev. author] “Aj.” 625 (Lyric poetry); λευκὰ γήρᾳ σώματα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 909, etc.)]
II.b of the human skin, white, fair, sometimes as a sign of youth and beauty, χρώς, πήχεε, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.573, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.240)]; λ. παρειά, παρηΐς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1239, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 923; σάρξ, δέρη, [prev. work] 1189 (variant), “IA” 875 (troch.))]; frequently with the notion of bare, κῶλον, πούς, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ba.” 665, 863 (Lyric poetry), “Ion” 221 (Lyric poetry))]; compare λευκόπους.
II.c of persons, white-skinned, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 474e)]: hence, weakly, womanish, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 191, “Ec.” 428, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.4.19; λευκῶν ἀνδρῶν οὐδὲν ὄφελος 15th c.AD: Macarius Paroemiographus 5.55)]; compare λευκόπρωκτος, λευκόχρως.
II.d λευκαὶ φρένες in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.109 is explained by 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus μαινόμεναι)], frantic, passionate (compare λευκῶν πραπίδων· κακῶν φρενῶν, [Refs ([prev. author]).)]
II.2 λ. χρυσός, pale gold, i.e. gold alloyed with silver (probably the same as ἤλεκτρον), opposed to ἄπεφθος χρυσός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.50.)]
II.3 metaphorically, bright, fortunate, happy, λευκὸν ἦμαρ νυκτὸς ἐκ μελαγχίμου [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 301, compare “Ag.” 668)]; a joyful day or holiday, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Aetia” 1.1.2)]; λ. ἡμέρα a happy day, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 6, cf. Scholia Callias Epigrammaticus “Iamb.” in “PSI” 9.1094.39; variously explained in 3rd c.BC: Phylarchus Historicus 83 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 27)]; ἡ λ. ψῆφος the vote of acquittal, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Harm.” 3, compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
III λεύκη, ἡ, leuko/n, τό, as substantive, (see entry). (Cogn. with Latin lux, etc.)

In the Bible

Strong G3022 appears in 23 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

white23

First verses

Matthew 5:36
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Matthew 17:2
And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
Matthew 28:3
His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
Mark 9:3
And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
Mark 16:5
And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.
Luke 9:29
And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.
John 4:35
Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
John 20:12
And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
Acts 1:10
And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
Revelation 1:14
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Revelation 2:17
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
Revelation 3:4
Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
Revelation 3:5
He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Revelation 3:18
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Revelation 4:4
And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
Revelation 6:2
And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
Revelation 6:11
And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
Revelation 7:9
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
Revelation 7:13
And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
Revelation 14:14
And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.