λευκός leukos
Greek word for “white” · Strong’s G3022 · used 25 times in 23 verses
Meaning
λευκο-βύσσινος, -ον; (cf.
How it is translated
Glosses given for leukos in context, with how often each is used:
- white 25
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Revelation 3 (3), Revelation 6 (2), Revelation 7 (2), Revelation 19 (2), Matthew 5 (1), Matthew 17 (1), Matthew 28 (1), Mark 9 (1), Mark 16 (1), Luke 9 (1)
Forms
- λευκοῖς 5
- λευκὸν 4
- λευκὰ 3
- λευκὴν 2
- λευκὸς 2
- λευκαί 1
- λευκαῖς 1
- λευκαὶ 1
- λευκήν 1
- λευκὴ 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with leukos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- περιβάλλω periballō “to clothe” 6
- ἱμάτιον himation “clothing” 6
- στολή stolē “robe” 4
- κάθημαι kathēmai “to sit” 6
- κεφαλή kephalē “head” 5
- ἰδού idou “look!” 6
- ἵππος hippos “horse” 3
- εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 6
- στέφανος stephanos “crown” 3
- νικάω nikaō “to conquer” 3
- χιών chiōn “snow” 2
- θρόνος thronos “throne” 3
Key verses
The verses using leukos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Matthew 17:2 — And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
- Revelation 2:17 — He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a…
- Revelation 3:4 — Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
- Revelation 3:5 — He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my…
- Revelation 3:18 — I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy…
- Revelation 4:4 — And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their…
- Revelation 7:9 — After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and…
- Revelation 7:13 — And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
- Revelation 14:14 — And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
- Revelation 19:11 — And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
- Revelation 19:14 — And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
- Revelation 20:11 — And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.