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Strong's #3021 - λευκαίνω

Transliteration

leukaínō

Phonetics

lyoo-kah'ee-no

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G3022)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

4:241,530

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to whiten, make white

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3835 ‑ לָבַן (law‑ban');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (3)

Mark 1

Revelation 2

NAS (3)

Mark 1

Revelation 2

HCS (2)

Mark 1

Revelation 1

BSB (2)

Mark 1

Revelation 1

ESV (2)

Mark 1

Revelation 1

WEB (3)

Mark 1

Revelation 2

KJV (3)

made 1

white 2

NAS (3)

made 1

white 1

whiten 1

HCS (2)

white 1

whiten 1

BSB (2)

bleach them 1

made them white 1

ESV (2)

bleach 1

white 1

WEB (3)

made 1

white 1

whiten them 1

RAH

V-FAI1S 2

V-FPI1S 1

V-IAI3S 1

V-PAPNSF 1

ANT

V-AAI-3P 1

V-AAN 1

BEZ

V-AAI-3P 1

V-AAN 1

BGB

V-AIA-3P 1

V-ANA 1

BMT

V-AAI-3P 1

V-AAN 1

BYZ

V-AAI-3P 2

V-AAN 1

ELZ

V-AAI-3P 1

V-AAN 1

NA26

V-AAI-3P 1

V-AAN 1

SBL

V-3AAIP 1

V-AAN 1

SCV

V-AAI-3P 1

V-AAN 1

STV

V-AAI-3P 1

V-AAN 1

TIS

V-AAI-3P 1

V-AAN 1

V-AAI-3P 1

V-AAN 1

V-AAI-3P 1

V-AAN 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

λευκαίνω,

late aor. 1 inf. λευκᾶναι (v. infr.): pf. Pass. λελεύκασμαι Diph.Siph. ap. Ath. 2.54b, Orib. Fr. 102: —

1. make white, λεύκαινον ὕδωρ ξεστῇς ἐλάτῃσιν Od. 12.172; ἅλα ῥοθίοισι λ. E. Cyc. 17; ἐς γένυν ἕρπει λευκαίνων ὁ χρόνος Theoc. 14.70; plaster with whitening, λευκᾶναι τὰ λευκώματα Ephes. 3p.148: — Pass., to be or become white, Arist. GA 730a6, Sopat. 8, A.R. 1.545, Diph.Siph.l.c.; to be clarified, of oil, Orib.l.c.

2. cause to appear white, of the effect of dawn on lamplight, E. IA 157 (anap.).

II Pass., have a sensation of whiteness, S.E. M. 7.191, al.

III intr., grow white, E. Hyps.Fr. 34(60) i13, Arist. Pr. 890a9, LXX Leviticus 13:19; ἀφροῖο with foam, Nic. Al. 170.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

λευκαίνω: 1 aorist ἐλευκανα (cf. Winers Grammar, § 13, 1 d.; Buttmann, 41 (35)); (λευκός); from Homer down; the Sept. for הִלְבִּין; to whiten, make white: τί, Mark 9:3; Revelation 7:14.

STRONGS NT 3021a: λευκοβυσσινον [λευκοβυσσινον: Revelation 19:14, WH marginal reading, others βύσσινον λευκόν, see in βύσσινος.]

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

λευκαίνω

(< λευκός ),

[in LXX: Psalms 51:7, Isaiah 1:18 (H3835 hi.), etc.;]

to whiten, make white: c. acc rei, Mark 9:3, Revelation 7:14.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

We have not noted any instance of this verb in our sources, but for the corresponding λευκόω, ";whiten,"; cf. Syll 587.140 (B.C. 329–8) τὸν βωμὸν τοῦ Πλούτωνος. . . λευκῶσαι, ib. 306.34 (Delphi—ii/B.C.) καὶ τὰ ἐνέχυρα αὐτῶν ἐμ πίνακας λελευκωμένους δύο ἀναγνόντω ἐν τᾶι ἐκκλησίαι. The subst. λεύκωμα, a white board used for public notices, is seen in such a passage as Syll 510.5 (Ephesus—ii/B.C.) ἃν δ᾽ ἂν οἱ δικασταὶ κρίνωσιν, ἀναγράψαντες εἰς λεύκωμα οἱ εἰσαγωγεῖς κτλ.

List of Word Forms

ελευκαναν ελεύκαναν ἐλεύκαναν ελεύκανε λευκαίνουσα λευκαναι λευκάναι λευκᾶναι λευκανθήσομαι λευκανθίζοντα λευκανώ λεύκην λεύκης eleukanan eleúkanan leukanai leukânai