King James Version

Mark 9:3

And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “thus” (οὕτως) before whiten here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “as snow” (ὡς χιών,) before such as here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἱμάτιαhimatiaraimentἱμάτιον (himation)noun, nominative, plural, neuter — “raiment”, the subject formG2440 a long flowing outer garment, tunic.raimentαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἐγένετοegenetobecameγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “became”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.becameστίλβονταstilbontashiningστίλβω (stilbō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, neuter — “shining”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4744I shine, glisten, flash, am radiant.shiningλευκὰleukawhiteλευκός (leukos)adjective, nominative, plural, neuter — “white”, the subject formG3022white, bright, brilliant.This verse uses “white”.whiteλίανliangreatlyλίανadverb — “greatly”G3029very; very much, exceedingly, greatly.οἷαhoiaso asοἷος (hoios)relative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “so as”, the object formG3634of what kind, such as.so asγναφεὺςgnapheusfullerγναφεύςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “fuller”, the subject formG1102a fuller, cloth-dresser.fullerἐπὶepionἐπίpreposition — “on”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.onτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.γῆςgēsearthγῆ (gē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “earth”, the of-formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.earthοὐounoοὐadverb — “no”G3756no, not.δύναταιdunataicanδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “can”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.canοὕτωςhoutōsthusοὕτω(ς)adverb — “thus”G3779thus, so, in this manner.This verse uses “thus”.λευκᾶναιleukanaito whiteλευκαίνω (leukainō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to white”, a single actionG3021I whiten, make white.white

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ὡςhōsasὡςparticle — “as”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.χιώνchiōnsnowχιώνnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “snow”, the subject formG5510snow.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and his garments became glittering, white exceedingly, as snow, so as a fuller upon the earth is not able to whiten [them].

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

and his garments became glittering, white exceedingly, as snow, so as a fuller upon the earth is not able to whiten [them].

World English Bible

His clothing became glistening, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them.

Darby Translation

and his garments became shining, exceeding white [as snow], such as fuller on earth could not whiten [them].

Douay-Rheims

And there appeared to them Elias with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus.

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