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Strong's G3022 λευκός (leukos)

Leukos means “white” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3022 — yaga (“that which he laboured for”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3022
Language Greek
Linked Usages 53
Books 17

Strong's G3022 Quick Answer

Strong's G3022 λευκός (leukos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. leukos (lyoo-kos') adj. 1. white [from luke ("light")] It has 53 linked Bible usages across 17 books. Visible English usage signals include white. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
leukos (lyoo-kos') adj. 1. white [from luke ("light")]
Usage
53 linked usages
Books
17 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
white

Meaning and Definition

leukos (lyoo-kos') adj. 1. white [from luke ("light")] KJV: white

Original Word
λευκός
Transliteration
leukos
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3022. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

white

Usage: 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)

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How Strong's G3022 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render leukos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

white Matthew 5:36 23×

How Strong's G3022 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 28 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3022 (λευκός) appears 35 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3022 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3022 in the New Testament

23 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 5:36 KJV

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

Matthew 17:2 KJV

And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

Matthew 28:3 KJV

His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:

Strong's G3022 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

28 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 30:35 Septuagint / Brenton

And he separated in that day the spotted and speckled he-goats, and all the spotted and speckled she-goats, and all that was gray among the rams, and every one that was white among them, and he gave them into the hand of his sons.

Genesis 30:37 Septuagint / Brenton

And Jacob took to himself green rods of storax tree and walnut and plane tree; and Jacob peeled in them white stripes; and as he drew off the green, the white stripe which he had made appeared alternate on the rods.

Genesis 31:8 Septuagint / Brenton

If he should say thus, The speckled shall be thy reward, then all the cattle would bear speckled; and if he should say, The white shall be thy reward, then would all the cattle bear white.

Strong's G3022 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

2 Maccabees 11:8 Septuagint / Brenton

And as they were at Jerusalem, there appeared before them on horseback one in white clothing, shaking his armor of gold.

Strong's G3022 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 106:2 Septuagint / Brenton

pregnant by him and bore a son. And his body was white as snow and red as the blooming of a rose, and the hair of his head and his long locks were white as wool, and his eyes beautiful. And when he opened his eyes, he lighted up the whole house like the sun, and the whole house

Usage Excerpts

First 53 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3022.

Genesis 30:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he separated in that day the spotted and speckled he-goats, and all the spotted and speckled she-goats, and all that was gray among the rams, and every one that was white among them, and he gave them into the hand of his sons.
Genesis 30:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob took to himself green rods of storax tree and walnut and plane tree; and Jacob peeled in them white stripes; and as he drew off the green, the white stripe which he had made appeared alternate on the rods.
Genesis 31:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If he should say thus, The speckled shall be thy reward, then all the cattle would bear speckled; and if he should say, The white shall be thy reward, then would all the cattle bear white.
Genesis 49:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
His eyes shall be more cheering than wine, And his teeth whiter than milk.
Exodus 16:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
in the morning it came to pass as the dew ceased round about the camp, that, behold, on the face of the wilderness was a small thing like white coriander seed, as frost upon the earth.
Exodus 16:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel called the name of it Manna; and it was as white coriander seed, and the taste of it as a wafer with honey.
Leviticus 13:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall view the spot in the skin of his flesh; and if the hair in the spot be changed to white, and the appearance of the spot be below the skin of the flesh, it is a plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look upon it, and pronounce him unclean.
Leviticus 13:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if the spot be clear and white in the skin of his flesh, yet the appearance of it be not deep below the skin, and its hair have not changed itself for white hair, but it is dark, then the priest shall separate him that has the spot seven days;
Leviticus 13:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the priest shall look, and, behold, if it is a white spot in the skin, and it has changed the hair to white, and there be some of the sound part of the quick flesh in the sore—
Leviticus 13:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the priest shall look, and, behold, the leprosy has covered all the skin of the flesh; and the priest shall pronounce him clean of the plague, because it has changed all to white, it is clean.
Leviticus 13:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if the sound flesh be restored and changed to white, then shall he come to the priest;
Leviticus 13:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the priest shall see him, and, behold, if the plague is turned white, then the priest shall pronounce the patient clean: he is clean.
Leviticus 13:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and there should be in the place of the ulcer a white sore, or one looking white and bright, or fiery, and it shall be seen by the priest;
Leviticus 13:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the priest shall look, and, behold, if the appearance be beneath the skin, and its hair has changed to white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; because it is a leprosy, it has broken out in the ulcer.
Leviticus 13:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if the priest look, and behold there is no white hair on it, and it be not below the skin of the flesh, and it be dark-colored; then the priest shall separate him seven days.
Leviticus 13:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the flesh be in his skin in a state of fiery inflammation, and there should be in his skin the part which is healed of the inflammation, bright, clear, and white, suffused with red or very white;
Leviticus 13:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the priest shall look upon him, and, behold, if the hair being white is changed to a bright color, and its appearance is lower than the skin, it is a leprosy; it has broken out in the inflammation, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy.
Leviticus 13:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if the priest should look, and, behold, there is not in the bright spot any white hair, and it should not be lower than the skin, and it should be dark, then the priest shall separate him seven days.
Leviticus 13:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if there should be in his baldness of head, or his baldness of forehead, a white or fiery plague, it is leprosy in his baldness of head, or baldness of forehead.
Leviticus 13:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall look upon him, and, behold, if the appearance of the plague be white or inflamed in his baldness of head or baldness in front, as the appearance of leprosy in the skin of his flesh,
Ecclesiastes 9:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let thy garments be always white; And let not oil be wanting on thy head.
Song of Solomon 5:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My kinsman is white and ruddy, Chosen out from myriads.
Isaiah 41:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will plant in the dry land the cedar and box, the myrtle and cypress, and white poplar:
Daniel 7:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I beheld until the thrones were set, and the Ancient of days sat; and his raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head as pure wool: his throne was a flame of fire, and his wheels burning fire.
Hosea 4:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They have sacrificed on the tops of the mountains, and on the hills they have sacrificed under the oak and poplar, and under the shady tree, because the shade was good: therefore your daughters shall go a-whoring, and your daughters-in-law shall commit adultery.
Zechariah 1:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I saw by night, and behold a man mounted on a red horse, and he stood between the shady mountains; and behind him were red horses, and gray, and piebald, and white.
Zechariah 6:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot piebald and ash-colored horses.
Zechariah 6:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As for the chariot in which were the black horses, they went out to the land of the north; and the white went out after them; and the piebald went out to the land of the south.
Matthew 5:36 New Testament, KJV
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Matthew 17:2 New Testament, KJV
And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
Matthew 28:3 New Testament, KJV
His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
Mark 9:3 New Testament, KJV
And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
Mark 16:5 New Testament, KJV
And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.
Luke 9:29 New Testament, KJV
And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.
John 4:35 New Testament, KJV
Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
John 20:12 New Testament, KJV
And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
Acts 1:10 New Testament, KJV
And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
Revelation 1:14 New Testament, KJV
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Revelation 2:17 New Testament, KJV
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
Revelation 3:4 New Testament, KJV
Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
Revelation 3:5 New Testament, KJV
He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Revelation 3:18 New Testament, KJV
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Revelation 4:4 New Testament, KJV
And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
Revelation 6:2 New Testament, KJV
And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
Revelation 6:11 New Testament, KJV
And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
Revelation 7:9 New Testament, KJV
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
Revelation 7:13 New Testament, KJV
And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
Revelation 14:14 New Testament, KJV
And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
Revelation 19:11 New Testament, KJV
And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
Revelation 19:14 New Testament, KJV
And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
Revelation 20:11 New Testament, KJV
And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
2 Maccabees 11:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And as they were at Jerusalem, there appeared before them on horseback one in white clothing, shaking his armor of gold.
1 Enoch 106:2 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
pregnant by him and bore a son. And his body was white as snow and red as the blooming of a rose, and the hair of his head and his long locks were white as wool, and his eyes beautiful. And when he opened his eyes, he lighted up the whole house like the sun, and the whole house

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3022, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 14 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 3 usages, New Testament
Mark 2 usages, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
John 2 usages, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 14 usages, New Testament
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G3022 FAQ

What does leukos (λευκός) mean?

Leukos (Strong's G3022) is a Greek word most simply glossed "white". leukos (lyoo-kos') adj. 1. white [from luke ("light")]

How many times is leukos (λευκός) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 53 linked usages for Strong's G3022 across 17 books.

Where can I study leukos (λευκός) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3022 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate leukos (λευκός)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as white. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3022 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 28 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G3022, with linked reader references where each row is available.