ἘΛΕΥΚΑΝΑΝ, ἐλευκαναν
ELEUKANAN, eleukanan
Sounds Like: eh-LEF-kah-nan
Translations: they whitened, they made white, they cleansed, they purified
From the root: ΛΕΥΚΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the third person plural, aorist active indicative form of the verb λευκαίνω (leukainō), which means 'to whiten' or 'to make white'. In a figurative sense, it can also mean 'to cleanse' or 'to purify'. It describes an action that was completed in the past by a group of people.
Inflection: Third Person Plural, Aorist, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G3021 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Revelation — 7:14
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΕΥΚΑΙΝΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΚΛΕΥΚΑΝΘΩΣΙΝ — may be made white, might be whitened, may be cleansed, might be cleansed
- ἘΛΕΥΚΑΝΕΝ — he whitened, she whitened, it whitened, he made white, she made white, it made white
- ΕΚΛΕΥΚΑΝΘΩΣΙΝ — they may be made white, they may be whitened, they may become white
- ΕΛΕΥΚΑΝΑΝ — they made white, they whitened, they cleansed, they purified
- ΕΛΕΥΚΑΝΕΝ — made white, whitened, became white, made bright, cleansed
- ΛΕΛΕΥΚΑΝΘΙΣΜΕΝΗ — made white, whitened, having been made white, having been whitened
- ΛΕΥΚΑΙΝΟΥΣΑ — whitening, making white, becoming white
- ΛΕΥΚΑΙΝΩ — to whiten, to make white, to become white
- ΛΕΥΚΑΝΑΙ — to whiten, to make white
- ΛΕΥΚΑΝΕ — to whiten, to make white, to become white, to cleanse, to purify
- ΛΕΥΚΑΝΘΗΣΟΜΑΙ — I will be made white, I will be whitened
- ΛΕΥΚΩ — to whiten, to make white, to cleanse, to purify
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