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The OT does not have a well-developed vocabulary for different colors. Many words used for colors were originally descriptive rather than a name for a specific color. Heb. lāḇān is normally translated “white,” but can also carry the meanings “light,” “bright.” In Lev. 13 it applies to skin diseases (cf. Exod. 4:6; 2 Kgs. 5:27, where diseased skin is likened to snow).

In both the OT and NT “white” usually conveys ritualistic purity. In the NT it occurs with christological images as a sign of purity (Gk. leukós; Rev. 3:4-5, 18; 7:9, 12-14) and also as a symbol of salvation and/or purity (4:4; 6:11; 19:14). However, in Rev. 6:2 the first horse, a white horse, symbolizes the suffering that any war brings; it also constitutes an eschatological punishment upon sinful humanity (cf. 19:11, 14). In general, in the book of Revelation “white” symbolizes a positive association with God Almighty, Christ, or the righteousness of Christian believers who have conquered as Christ conquered (e.g., Rev. 1:14; cf. 2:17, the white stone given to persevering Christians as token of their reception into eternal life).

Thomas B. Slater

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Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)