Quick Definition
λευκός, ή, όν Adj white, bright
Strong's Definition
from luke ("light"); white
KJV Usage: white
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ή, -όν | λευκαίνω
79.27 · Features of Objects · Color
white, light color pertaining to being white or very light in color; applies to (parts of) the human body, animals, plants, inanimate objects The term λευκός also occurs in JHN 4:35 in speaking of fields being ‘white for the harvest,’ but in a number of languages it would be quite impossible to use the same term for the ripe condition of a harvest as in the case of the color of wool or snow. Furthermore, there may be a serious difficulty in speaking of wool as being ‘white,’ since in many parts of the world, wool is not regarded as being particularly white.
MAT 5:36 · MAT 28:3 · MRK 16:5 · JHN 4:35 · JHN 20:12 · ACT 1:10 · REV 1:14 · REV 1:14 · REV 2:17 · REV 3:4 · REV 3:5 · REV 3:18 · REV 4:4 · REV 6:2 · REV 6:11 · REV 7:9 · REV 7:13 · REV 14:14 · REV 19:11 · REV 19:14 · REV 19:14 · REV 20:11
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λευκός, τή, -όν, (λεύσσω to see, behold, look at; akin ta Lat. luceo, Germ. leuchten; cf. Curtius p. 113 and § 87; [Vanizek p. 8177), Sept. for 139; 1. light, bright, brilliant: τὰ ἱμάτια . . . λευκὰ ὡς τὸ φῶς, Mt. xvii. 2; esp. bright or brilliant from whiteness, (dazzling) white: spoken of the garments of angels, and of those exalted to the splendor of the heavenly state, Mk. xvi.5; Lk. ix. 29; Actsi.10; Rev. iii.5; iv.4; vi. 11; vii. 9,13; xix. 14, (shining or white garments were worn on festive and state occasions, Eccles. ix. 8; οἵ. Heindorf on Hor. sat. 2, 2,61); with ὡσεὶ or ὡς ὁ χιών added: Mk. ix. 3 RL; Mt. xxviii. 3, (ἵπποι λευκότεροι χιόνος, Hom. Il. 10, 437); ἐν λευκοῖς sc. ἱματίοις (added in Rev. iii. 5; iv. 4), Jn. xx.12; Rev. iii. 4; ef. W. 591 (550); [B. 82 (72)]; used of white garmentsas the sign of innocence and purity of soul, Rev. iii. 18; of the heavenly throne, Rev. xx. 11. 2. (dead) white: Mt. ν. 36 (opp. to μέλας) ; Rev. i. 14; 11. 17; iv.4; vi.2; xiv. 14; xix.11; spoken of the whitening color of ripening grain, Jn. iv. 35.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
λευκός leukos 25x
pr. light, bright; white, Mt. 5:36; 17:2; whitening, growing white, Jn. 4:35
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
λευκός, ή, -όν,
[in LXX chiefly for לָבָן;]
bright, brilliant: of clothing, Mt 17:2, Mk 9:3 16:5, Lk 9:29, Ac 1:10, Re 3:5 4:4 6:11 7:9, 13 19:14 (cf. Ec 9:8); ὡς χιών, Mt 28:3; ἐν λ. (sc. ἱματίοις), Jo 20:12, Re 3:4; θρόνος, Re 20:11.
white: Mt 5:36, Re 1:14 2:17 4:4 6:2 14:14 19:11; fig., of garments, Re 3:18; of ripened grain, Jo 4:35.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
λευκός. In a list of soldiers, P Amh II. 625 (11.8.6.} three persons called Apollonius are distinguished as μέλας, ‘‘the dark,’’ λευκός, ‘‘ the fair,” and oKevod(dpos), “‘ the baggagecarrier,” respectively. For the more general meaning of λευκός, ‘‘white,’’ cf. such passages as P Ryl II. 146'° (A.D. 39) ἐρίων σταθμία δέκα λευκῶν, ‘* 10 measures of white wool,” P Giss I. 21° (time of Trajan) τὸ συνθεσείδιον τὸ λευκόν, ‘the white dress”—a loose wrap often worn at meals, P Oxy III. 53178 (ii/A.D.) τὰ ἱμάτια τὰ λευκά, and P Hamb I. 38% (a.p. 182) λευκὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμῷ ἀριστερῴ. In P Oxy III. 471™* (ii/a.D.) the charge is brought against | ἁγνὸν ἐν] ἐσθῆτι λευκ[ῆι.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
λευκός (leukos) — white. λευκός, ή, όν, light, bright, clear (opposed to μέλας in all senses), αἴγλη [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λευκὸν (variant{λαμπρόν}).. ἠέλιος ὥς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of metallic surfaces, λέβης [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λ. γαλήνη a glassy calm, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of water, clear, limpid, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. metaphorically, clear, distinct, of the voice, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: in literary sense, clear, λ. στίχος [Refs 1st c.AD+], when a rogue was detected, [Refs] adverb -κῶς, πάντα φαίνειν, of Hermes, [Refs 1st c.AD+]: comparative -ότερον, διαλεχθῆναι [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
II. of colour, white, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+], varying from the pure white of snow ([ἵπποι] -ότεροι χιόνος [Refs 8th c.BC+] to the grey of dust (λευκοὶ ἐγένοντο κονισάλῳ [Refs]; λ. ἅρμα, ={λεύκιππον}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the white horses used by tyrants, λ. ζεῦγος [Refs 4th c.BC+], compare λεύκιππο; λ. λίθος marble, [Refs 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+]; ἡ λ. ῥίζα white root (= ἡ τοῦ δρακοντίου, accusative to [Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently of white or grey hair, λ. κάρη [Refs 7th c.BC+]
II. b of the human skin, white, fair, sometimes as a sign of youth and beauty, χρώς, πήχεε, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λ. παρειά, παρηΐς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently with the notion of bare, κῶλον, πούς, [Refs]; compare λευκόπους.
II. c of persons, white-skinned, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, weakly, womanish, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare λευκόπρωκτος, λευκόχρως.
II. d λευκαὶ φρένες in [Refs 5th c.BC+], frantic, passionate (compare λευκῶν πραπίδων· κακῶν φρενῶν, [Refs]
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+]
II.3. metaphorically, bright, fortunate, happy, λευκὸν ἦμαρ νυκτὸς ἐκ μελαγχίμου [Refs 4th c.BC+]; a joyful day or holiday, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; λ. ἡμέρα a happy day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ λ. ψῆφος the vote of acquittal, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III. λεύκη, ἡ, leuko/n, τό, as substantive, (see entry). (Cogn. with Latin lux, etc.)