Topic
White
6 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 2 Chronicles 5:12Easton
Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred…
- Psalms 51:7Easton
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
- Isaiah 1:18Easton
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
- Matthew 17:2Easton
And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
- Revelation 3:18Easton
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
- Revelation 7:14Easton
And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 6 references
A symbol of purity (2 Chr. 5:12; Ps. 51:7; Isa. 1:18; Rev. 3:18; 7:14). Our Lord, at his transfiguration, appeared in raiment “white as the light” (Matt. 17:2, etc.).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
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See COLORS.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 0 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → See COLOR
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.