λευκός

λευκός — leukós

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 לָבָן:

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.