is used of (a) clothing (sometimes in the sense of "bright"), Mat 17:2, Mat 28:3, Mar 9:3, Mar 16:5, Luk 9:29, Joh 20:12, Act 1:10; symbolically, Rev 1:3-5, Rev 3:18, Rev 4:4, Rev 6:11, Rev 7:9, Rev 7:13, Rev 19:14 (2nd part); (b) hair, Mat 5:36; Christ's head and hair (in a vision; cp. Dan 7:9), Rev 1:14 (twice); ripened grain, Joh 4:35; a stone, Rev 2:17, an expression of the Lord's special delight in the overcomer, the new name on it being indicative of a secret communication of love and joy; a horse (in a vision), Rev 6:2, Rev 19:11, Rev 19:14 (1st part); a cloud, Rev 14:14; the throne of God, Rev 20:11.
Note: Lampros, "bright, clear," is rendered "white" in Rev 15:6, AV, of "white (linen)" (RV, "bright," following those mss. which have lithon "stone"); in Rev 19:8 (RV, "bright"). See BRIGHT, CLEAR, GOODLY, Note, GORGEOUS.
"to whiten, make white" (akin to A), is used in Mar 9:3; figuratively in Rev 7:14. from konia, "dust, lime," denotes "to whiten, whitewash," of tombs, Mat 23:27; figuratively of a hypocrite, Act 23:3. In the Sept., Deu 27:2, Deu 27:4, Pro 21:9.
