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 μΘαΘο: 1. light, bright, brilliant: τά ἱμάτια ... λευκά ὡς τό φῶς, Mat_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, Mar_16:5; Luk_9:29; Act_1:10; Rev_3:5; Rev_4:4; Rev_6:11; Rev_7:9; Rev_7:13; Rev_19:14 (shining or white garments were worn on festive and state occasions, Ecc_9:8; cf. Heindorf on Horace sat. 2, 2, 61); with ὡσεί or ὡς ὁ χιών added: Mar_9:3 R L; Mat_28:3 (ἵπποι λευκοτεροι χιόνος, Homer, Iliad 10, 437); ἐν λευκοῖς namely, ἱματίοις (added in Rev_3:5; Rev_4:4), Joh_20:12; Rev_3:4; cf. Winers Grammar, 591 (550); (Buttmann, 82 (72)); used of white garments as the sign of innocence and purity of soul, Rev_3:18; of the heavenly throne, Rev_20:11. 2. (dead) white: Mat_5:36 (opposed to μέλας); Rev_1:14; Rev_2:17; Rev_4:4; Rev_6:2; Rev_14:14; Rev_19:11; spoken of the whitening color of ripening grain, Joh_4:35.

λευκός leukos 25x pr. light, bright; white, Mat_5:36 ; Mat_17:2 ; whitening, growing white, Joh_4:35 white.

† λευκο -βύσσινος , -ον ( cf. λευκολινής , a robe of white flax, C .I., 155, 17), white linen: Rev_19:14 ( WH , mg .).† λευκός , ή , -όν , [in LXX chiefly for H3836 ;] 1. bright, brilliant: of clothing, Mat_17:2 , Mar_9:3 ; Mar_16:5 , Luk_9:29 , Act_1:10 , Rev_3:5 ; Rev_4:4 ; Rev_6:11 ; Rev_7:9 ; Rev_7:13 ; Rev_19:14 ( cf. Ecc_9:8 ); ὡς χιών , Mat_28:3 ; ἐν λ .. ( sc . ἱματίοις ), Joh_20:12 , Rev_3:4 ; θρόνος , Rev_20:11 . 2. white: Mat_5:36 , Rev_1:14 ; Rev_2:17 ; Rev_4:4 ; Rev_6:2 ; Rev_14:14 ; Rev_19:11 ; fig ., of garments, Rev_3:18 ; of ripened grain, Joh_4:35 .†

λευχός [page 374] In a list of soldiers, P Amh II. 62 .6 ff. (ii/B.C.) three persons called Apollonius are distinguished as μέλας , the dark, λευκός , the fair, and σκευοφ (όρος ), the baggage-carrier, respectively. For the more general meaning of λευκός , white, cf. such passages as P Ryl II. 146 .15 (A.D. 39) ἐρίων σταθμία δέκα λευκῶν , 10 measures of white wool, P Giss I. 21 .9 (time of Trajan) τὸ συνθεσείδιον τὸ λευκόν , the white dress a loose wrap often worn at meals, P Oxy III. 531 .13 (ii/A.D.) τὰ ἱμάτια τὰ λευκά , and P Hamb I. 38 .21 (A.D. 182) λευκὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμῷ ἀριστερῷ . In P Oxy III. 471 .94 ff. (ii/A.D.) the charge is brought against a high official that if a poor man ἐν ] εὐτελέσιν ἱματίοις , wearing cheap clothes (cf. Jas_2:2 ), asked a favour, his property was confiscated, and that the man τὸν οὐκ ἐν λευκαῖς ἐσθῆσιν [ἐ ]ν θεάτρῳ καθίσα̣[ντ̣α , who took his seat at the theatre in other than white garments was delivered to death. For the ceremonial use of white clothing, as in Rev_3:4 , cf. Priene 205 εἰσίναι εἰς [τὸ ] ἱερὸν ἁγνὸν ἐ [ν ] ἐσθῆτι λευκ [ῆι . Constant reference is made to the fact that decrees etc. were written on a pillar of white stone, e.g. Michel 509 .17 (B.C. 241) τὰ δεδογμένα ἀναγράψαι εἰς στήλην λευκοῦ λίθου , Syll 529 .41 (i/B.C.) ἀν ]αγράψαι δὲ [τ ]ά τε ψηφίσματα κ [αὶ ] τὰ ὀνόματα αὐτῶν ε [ἰ ]ς τελαμῶνα λευκοῦ λίθου . The latter citation gives no help to the interpretation of the difficult Rev_2:17 , for which we must refer to the commentaries of Swete and Moffatt (in EGT ) ad l., where the various associations of white stones are fully discussed. See also s.v. λίθος .

λευκός λευκός, ή, όν [Etym: from Root ΛΥΚ] "light, bright, brilliant", of sun light, Hom. , Soph. ; and of metallic surfaces, λέβης Il. ; also, λ. γαλήνη a "glassy" calm, Od. ; of water, generally, "bright, limpid", Hom. , Eur. metaph. "clear, plain, distinct", of authors, Anth. of colour, "white", Hom. , etc.; λ. ἅρμα ῀ λεύκιππον, Eur. of the skin, "white, fair", Hom. , Trag. ; with a notion of "bare", πούς Eur. , cf. λευκόπους:—later, as a mark of effeminacy, "blanched, white, pale", Ar. , Xen. :— λευκαὶ φρένες in Pind. may be "pale with envy, envious." λ. χρυσός, "pale" gold, i. e. gold alloyed with silver (prob. the same as ἤλεκτρον), opp. to χρυσὸς ἄπεφθος, Hdt. λευκὸν ἦμαρ νυκτὸς ἐκ μελαγχίμου a "bright" day after a night of mourning, Aesch.

λευκο-βύσσινος, -ον (cf. λευκολινής, a robe of white flax, C.I., 155, 17), white linen: Rev.19:14 (WH, mg.).† λευκός, ή, -όν [in LXX chiefly for לָבָן ;] __1. bright, brilliant: of clothing, Mat.17:2, Mrk.9:3 16:5, Luk.9:29, Act.1:10, Rev.3:5 4:4 6:11 7:9, 13 19:14 (cf. Ecc.9:8); ὡς χιών, Mat.28:3; ἐν λ.. (sc. ἱματίοις), Jhn.20:12, Rev.3:4; θρόνος, Rev.20:11. __2. white: Mat.5:36, Rev.1:14 2:17 4:4 6:2 14:14 19:11; figuratively, of garments, Rev.3:18; of ripened grain, Jhn.4:35.† (AS)