Mark 9:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and his garments became glistering, exceeding white, {G5613} {G5510} so as no fuller on earth can whiten them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο στίλβοντα, λευκὰ λίαν ὡς χιὼν· οἷα γναφεὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς οὐ δύναται λευκᾶναι.

Transliteration

And the himatia of him egeneto stilbonta, leuka lian as chiōn; such as gnapheus upon the gēs not dynatai leukanai.

Grammar Details

*himatia*: nominative plural - garments/clothes
*egeneto*: aorist middle, 3rd singular - became
*stilbonta*: present active participle, nominative plural - shining/glistening
*leuka*: nominative plural - white
*lian*: adverb - exceedingly/very
*chiōn*: nominative singular - snow
*gnapheus*: nominative singular - fuller/cloth cleaner
*gēs*: genitive singular - earth/land
*dynatai*: present middle, 3rd singular - is able
*leukanai*: aorist active infinitive - to whiten/bleach

Word Meanings

*himatia*: garments/clothes/robes
*egeneto*: became/happened/occurred
*stilbonta*: shining/glistening/radiant
*leuka*: white/bright
*lian*: exceedingly/very/greatly
*gnapheus*: fuller/cloth cleaner/launderer
*gēs*: earth/land/ground
*leukanai*: to whiten/to bleach/to make white

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Referenced Verses

Matt 28:3 : 3 His appearance was as lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
Dan 7:9 : 9 I beheld till thrones were placed, and one that was ancient of days did sit: his raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and the wheels thereof burning fire.
Mal 3:2-3 : 2 But who can abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap: 3 and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer unto Jehovah offerings in righteousness.
Acts 10:30 : 30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago, until this hour, I was keeping the ninth hour of prayer in my house; and behold, a man stood before me in bright apparel,
Rev 7:9 : 9 After these things I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of [all] tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands;
Rev 7:14 : 14 And I say unto him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they that come out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Rev 19:18 : 18 that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of them that sit thereon, {G846} and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, and small and great.
Ps 51:7 : 7 Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Ps 68:14 : 14 When the Almighty scattered kings therein, [It was as when] it snoweth in Zalmon.
Ps 104:1-2 : 1 Bless Jehovah, O my soul. O Jehovah my God, thou art very great; Thou art clothed with honor and majesty: 2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;
Isa 1:18 : 18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

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