What does ψῆφος · λευκός mean in the Bible?
ψῆφος · λευκός is a Greek phrase meaning "a white stone, here part of Christ's symbolic promise to the conqueror".
Greek · G5586, G3022
ψῆφον λευκήν
Stone · white
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ψῆφος G5586 stone
Pronunciation psēphos
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λευκός G3022 white
Pronunciation leukós
White in Scripture symbolizes purity, righteousness, and eschatological glory rather than mere color description.
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What does ψῆφον λευκήν (psephon leuken) mean in the Bible?
ψῆφος · λευκός is a Greek phrase meaning "a white stone, here part of Christ's symbolic promise to the conqueror".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5586, G3022?
G5586, G3022 is connected to 3 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. a white stone, here part of Christ's symbolic promise to the conqueror
Source Gloss
a white stone, here part of Christ's symbolic promise to the conqueror
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Singular (3)
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Acts 26:10 · Rev 2:17 3×
Word Origins
ψῆφον λευκήν is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain