G3022 – leukos – λευκός – to be white
- Strong’s ID:
- G3022
- Greek Word:
- λευκός
- Transliteration:
- leukos
- Pronunciation:
- lyoo-kos’
- Part of Speech:
- adjective
- Etymology:
- from λυκη luke (“light”)
- Usage Count:
- 25
- Search:
- Find “leukos” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
to be white
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from λυκη luke (“light”); white:—white.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) light, bright, brilliant
1a) brilliant from whiteness, (dazzling) white
1a1) of the garments of angels, and of those exalted to the splendour of the heavenly state
1a2) shining or white garments worn on festive or state occasions
1a3) of white garments as the sign of innocence and purity of the soul
1b) dead white
1b1) of the whitening colour of ripening grain
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.