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Lexicon :: Strong's G3022 - leukos

Aa
λευκός
Transliteration
leukos (Key)
Pronunciation
lyoo-kos'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From luke ("light")
Dictionary Aids

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.
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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 BoxGen 30:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:35 - And he removed that day the he-goats that were ringstreaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:37 - And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:8 - If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy wages; then bare all the flock ringstreaked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:12 -
His eyes shall be red with wine,
And his teeth white with milk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:14 - And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness a small round thing, small as the hoar-frost on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:31

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:3 - and the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and if the hair in the plague be turned white, and the appearance of the plague be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:4 - And if the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white, then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:10 - and the priest shall look; and, behold, if there be a white rising in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:13 - then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:16 - Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, then he shall come unto the priest;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:17 - and the priest shall look on him; and, behold, if the plague be turned into white, then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:19 - and in the place of the boil there is a white rising, or a bright spot, reddish-white, then is shall be showed to the priest;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:20 - and the priest shall look; and, behold, if the appearance thereof be lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy, it hath broken out in the boil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:21 - But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and it be not lower than the skin, but be dim; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:24 - Or when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a burning by fire, and the quick flesh of the burning become a bright spot, reddish-white, or white;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:25 - then the priest shall look upon it; and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin; it is leprosy, it hath broken out in the burning: and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:26 - But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the skin, but be dim; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:42 - But if there be in the bald head, or the bald forehead, a reddish-white plague; it is leprosy breaking out in his bald head, or his bald forehead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:43 - Then the priest shall look upon him; and, behold, if the rising of the plague be reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:8 - Let thy garments be always white; and let not thy head lack oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:10

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:19

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:9 - I beheld till thrones were placed, and one that was ancient of days did sit: his raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and the wheels thereof burning fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:13 - They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters play the harlot, and your brides commit adultery.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:8 - I saw in the night, and, behold, a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle-trees that were in the bottom; and behind him there were horses, red, sorrel, and white.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:3 - and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grizzled strong horses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:6 - The chariot wherein are the black horses goeth forth toward the north country; and the white went forth after them; and the grizzled went forth toward the south country.
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