verb
leukanamō
Strong’sG3021
I whiten
stem leukan-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
λευκαίνω
(< λευκός), [in LXX: Ps 50 (51):7, Is 1:18 (לבן hi.), etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3021 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidlyoo-kah'-ee-no
to whiten
Fromfrom G3022;
King Jamesmake white, whiten.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
late aorist 1 infinitive λευκᾶναι (see. below): perfect passive λελεύκασμαι Refs 3rd c.BC+:—make white, λεύκαινον ὕδωρ ξεστῇς ἐλάτῃσιν Refs 8th c.BC+; plaster with whitening, λευκᾶναι τὰ λευκώματα Refs:—passive, to be or become white, Refs 4th c.BC+, Diph.Siph.[same place]; to be clarified, of oil, Orib. [prev. cited]
2 cause to appear white, of the effect of dawn on lamplight, Refs 5th c.BC+
II passive, have a sensation of whiteness, Refs 2nd c.AD+
III intransitive, grow white, LXX+5th c.BC+; ἀφροῖο with foam, Refs 2nd c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| leukanalaἐλεύκαναν | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | made … white | 1× |
| leukanaraλευκᾶναι | happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive | bleach | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | leukanamō | leukaname | leukanami | leukanama | leukanamē | leukanamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | leukanasō | leukanase | leukanasi | leukanasa | leukanasē | leukanaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | leukanatō | leukanate | leukanati | leukanata | leukanatē | leukanatelē |
| we 1st person plural | leukananō | leukanane | leukanani | leukanana | leukananē | leukananelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | leukanavō | leukanave | leukanavi | leukanava | leukanavē | leukanavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | leukanalō | leukanale | leukanali | leukanala1×ἐλεύκαναν | leukanalē | leukanalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | leukanameiō | leukanameia | leukanameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | leukanaseiō | leukanaseia | leukanaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | leukanateiō | leukanateia | leukanateiē |
| we 1st person plural | leukananeiō | leukananeia | leukananeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | leukanaveiō | leukanaveia | leukanaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | leukanaleiō | leukanaleia | leukanaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | leukanasōr | leukanasar | leukanasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | leukanatōr | leukanatar | leukanatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | leukanavōr | leukanavar | leukanavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | leukanalōr | leukanalar | leukanalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | leukanamoiō | leukanamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | leukanasoiō | leukanasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | leukanatoiō | leukanatoia |
| we 1st person plural | leukananoiō | leukananoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | leukanavoiō | leukanavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | leukanaloiō | leukanaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | leukanarō | leukanari | leukanara1×λευκᾶναι | leukanarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | leukanarōntos | leukanarintos | leukanarantos | leukanarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
leukan is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
leukanala“made … white”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Revelation 7:14… kai plunala tain stolain autoiu kai leukanala autain en te haime teu arnieu.… they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
leukanara“bleach”happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive1×
Mark 9:3… epi tau gēau ouk dunotō houtōs leukanara.… than any launderer on earth could bleach them.