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Lexicon :: Strong's G3022 - leukos

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λευκός
Transliteration
leukos (Key)
Pronunciation
lyoo-kos'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From luke ("light")
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:241,530

Strong’s Definitions

λευκός leukós, lyoo-kos'; from λύκη lýkē ("light"); white:—white.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's G3022 in the following manner: white (25x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's G3022 in the following manner: white (25x).

  1. light, bright, brilliant

    1. brilliant from whiteness, (dazzling) white

      1. of the garments of angels, and of those exalted to the splendour of the heavenly state

      2. shining or white garments worn on festive or state occasions

      3. of white garments as the sign of innocence and purity of the soul

    2. dead white

      1. of the whitening colour of ripening grain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
λευκός leukós, lyoo-kos'; from λύκη lýkē ("light"); white:—white.
STRONGS G3022:
λευκός, λευκή, λευκόν (λεύσσω to see, behold, look at; akin to Latinluceo, German leuchten; cf. Curtius, p. 113 and § 87; (Vanicek, p. 817)), the Sept. for לָבָן:
1. light, bright, brilliant: τά ἱμάτια... λευκά ὡς τό φῶς, Matthew 17:2; especially bright or brilliant from whiteness, (dazzling) white: spoken of the garments of angels, and of those exalted to the splendor of the heavenly state, Mark 16:5; Luke 9:29; Acts 1:10; Revelation 3:5; Revelation 4:4; Revelation 6:11; Revelation 7:9, 13; Revelation 19:14 (shining or white garments were worn on festive and state occasions, Ecclesiastes 9:8; cf. Heindorf on Horace sat. 2, 2, 61); with ὡσεί or ὡς ὁ χιών added: Mark 9:3 R L; Matthew 28:3 (ἵπποι λευκοτεροι χιόνος, Homer, Iliad 10, 437); ἐν λευκοῖς namely, ἱματίοις (added in Revelation 3:5; Revelation 4:4), John 20:12; Revelation 3:4; cf. Winers Grammar, 591 (550); (Buttmann, 82 (72)); used of white garments as the sign of innocence and purity of soul, Revelation 3:18; of the heavenly throne, Revelation 20:11.
2. (dead) white: Matthew 5:36 (opposed to μέλας); Revelation 1:14; Revelation 2:17; Revelation 4:4; Revelation 6:2; Revelation 14:14; Revelation 19:11; spoken of the whitening color of ripening grain, John 4:35.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Ecclesiastes
9:8
Matthew
5:36; 17:2; 28:3
Mark
9:3; 16:5
Luke
9:29
John
4:35; 20:12
Acts
1:10
Revelation
1:14; 2:17; 3:4; 3:5; 3:5; 3:18; 4:4; 4:4; 4:4; 6:2; 6:11; 7:9; 7:13; 14:14; 19:11; 19:14; 20:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3022 matches the Greek λευκός (leukos),
which occurs 32 times in 28 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:35 - So he removed that day the male goats that were speckled and spotted, all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had some white in it, and all the brown ones among the lambs, and gave them into the hand of his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:37 - Now Jacob took for himself rods of green poplar and of the almond and chestnut trees, peeled white strips in them, and exposed the white which was in the rods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:8 - “If he said thus: ‘The speckled shall be your wages,’ then all the flocks bore speckled. And if he said thus: ‘The streaked shall be your wages,’ then all the flocks bore streaked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:12 - His eyes are darker than wine,
And his teeth whiter than milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:14 - And when the layer of dew lifted, there, on the surface of the wilderness, was a small round substance, as fine as frost on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:31 - And the house of Israel called its name Manna.[fn] And it was like white coriander seed, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:3 - “The priest shall examine the sore on the skin of the body; and if the hair on the sore has turned white, and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is a leprous sore. Then the priest shall examine him, and pronounce him unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:4 - “But if the bright spot is white on the skin of his body, and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and its hair has not turned white, then the priest shall isolate the one who has the sore seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:10 - “And the priest shall examine him; and indeed if the swelling on the skin is white, and it has turned the hair white, and there is a spot of raw flesh in the swelling,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:13 - “then the priest shall consider; and indeed if the leprosy has covered all his body, he shall pronounce him clean who has the sore. It has all turned white. He is clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:16 - “Or if the raw flesh changes and turns white again, he shall come to the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:17 - “And the priest shall examine him; and indeed if the sore has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him clean who has the sore. He is clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:19 - “and in the place of the boil there comes a white swelling or a bright spot, reddish-white, then it shall be shown to the priest;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:20 - “and if, when the priest sees it, it indeed appears deeper than the skin, and its hair has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a leprous sore which has broken out of the boil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:21 - “But if the priest examines it, and indeed there are no white hairs in it, and it is not deeper than the skin, but has faded, then the priest shall isolate him seven days;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:24 - “Or if the body receives a burn on its skin by fire, and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white or white,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:25 - “then the priest shall examine it; and indeed if the hair of the bright spot has turned white, and it appears deeper than the skin, it is leprosy broken out in the burn. Therefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a leprous sore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:26 - “But if the priest examines it, and indeed there are no white hairs in the bright spot, and it is not deeper than the skin, but has faded, then the priest shall isolate him seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:42 - “And if there is on the bald head or bald forehead a reddish-white sore, it is leprosy breaking out on his bald head or his bald forehead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:43 - “Then the priest shall examine it; and indeed if the swelling of the sore is reddish-white on his bald head or on his bald forehead, as the appearance of leprosy on the skin of the body,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:8 - Let your garments always be white,
And let your head lack no oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:10 - The Shulamite
My beloved is white and ruddy,
Chief among ten thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:19 - I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and the acacia tree,
The myrtle and the oil tree;
I will set in the desert the cypress tree and the pine
And the box tree together,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:9 - “I watched till thrones were put in place,
And the Ancient of Days was seated;
His garment was white as snow,
And the hair of His head was like pure wool.
His throne was a fiery flame,
Its wheels a burning fire;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:13 - They offer sacrifices on the mountaintops,
And burn incense on the hills,
Under oaks, poplars, and terebinths,
Because their shade is good.
Therefore your daughters commit harlotry,
And your brides commit adultery.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:8 - I saw by night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse, and it stood among the myrtle trees in the hollow; and behind him were horses: red, sorrel, and white.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:3 - with the third chariot white horses, and with the fourth chariot dappled horses—strong steeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:6 - “The one with the black horses is going to the north country, the white are going after them, and the dappled are going toward the south country.”
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