STRONGS G3022:
λευκός,
λευκή,
λευκόν (
λεύσσω to see, behold, look at; akin to Latin
luceo, 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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