λευκαίνω
leukainō · whiten
Greek word · Strong’s number G3021 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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leukainō (λευκαίνω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “whiten”.
Make white.
How to say it
leu·kai·nō
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To make something spotless and bright.
From Abbott-Smith (1922)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- made white ×1
- whiten them ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Mark 9:3
and his clothes became radiant, intensely white, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them like that.
- Revelation 7:14
And I said to him, “My lord, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones who are coming out of the great affliction, and they washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.