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White
WHITE (the tr. of several Heb. and Gr. words, principally לָבַן, H4235, and λευκός, G3328). In the OT “white” serves to indicate the “natural” appearance of light-colored objects: byssus, linen (
One can obtain pure white color bleaching by long exposure to the sun or by using fumes of burning sulphur by draping cloth over a rack above the flame. Men were traditionally the masters of this work. The washing process is alluded to in
White symbolizes innocency (
In the NT whitewash on sepulchres along the way marked them out so that the passers-by might avoid contamination (