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λευκαίνω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
λευκαίνω
Greek transliteration: 
leukainō
Simplified transliteration: 
leukaino
Principal Parts: 
-, ἐλεύκανα, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number: 
3021
GK Number: 
3326
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-2d(4)
Gloss: 
to bleach, whiten
Definition: 
to brighten, to make white, Mk. 9:3; Rev. 7:14*

Greek-English Concordance for λευκαίνω

Mark 9:3 and his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no launderer on earth could bleach (leukanai | λευκᾶναι | aor act inf ) them.
Revelation 7:14 I said to him, “My lord, you are the one who knows.” Then he said to me, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white (eleukanan | ἐλεύκαναν | aor act ind 3 pl) in the blood of the Lamb.