King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3021
Transliteration: leukainō
Phonetic Spelling: (lyoo-kah'-ee-no)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to whiten, to make white
Meaning: to whiten, to make white
λευκαίνω: 1 aorist ἐλευκανα (cf. Winers Grammar, § 13, 1 d.; Buttmann, 41 (35)); (λευκός); from Homer down; the Sept. for הִלְבִּין; to whiten, make white: τί, Mark 9:3; Revelation 7:14.
Word Summary
leukainō: to whiten, to make white
Original Word: λευκαίνωTransliteration: leukainō
Phonetic Spelling: (lyoo-kah'-ee-no)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to whiten, to make white
Meaning: to whiten, to make white
Strong's Concordance
make white, whiten. From leukos; to whiten -- make white, whiten.
see GREEK leukos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3021: λευκαίνωλευκαίνω: 1 aorist ἐλευκανα (cf. Winers Grammar, § 13, 1 d.; Buttmann, 41 (35)); (λευκός); from Homer down; the Sept. for הִלְבִּין; to whiten, make white: τί, Mark 9:3; Revelation 7:14.
STRONGS NT 3021a: λευκοβυσσινον [λευκοβυσσινον: Revelation 19:14, WH marginal reading, others βύσσινον λευκόν, see in βύσσινος.]