Strong's Concordance helkos: a wound, a sore, an ulcer Original Word: ἕλκος, ους, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: helkos Phonetic Spelling: (hel'-kos) Short Definition: a festering sore Definition: a (festering) sore, a wound. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1668: ἕλκοςἕλκος, ἑλκεος (ἕλκους) (cf. Latinulcus,ulcerare; perhaps akin to ἕλκω (Etym. Magn. 331, 3; 641, 3), yet cf. Curtius, § 23), τό; 1. a wound, especially a suppurated wound; so in Homer and earlier writings. 2. from (Thucydides), Theophrastus, Polybius on, a sore, an ulcer: Revelation 16:2; plural, Luke 16:21; Revelation 16:11. (for שְׁחִין, Exodus 9:9; Job 2:7, etc.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance sore. Probably from helkuo; an ulcer (as if drawn together) -- sore. see GREEK helkuo Forms and Transliterations έλκει ελκη έλκη ἕλκη ελκος έλκος ἕλκος έλκους ελκων ελκών ἑλκῶν elke elkē elkon elkōn elkos helke helkē hélke hélkē helkon helkôn helkōn helkō̂n helkos hélkosLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 16683 Occurrences ἕλκη — 1 Occ. ἑλκῶν — 1 Occ. ἕλκος — 1 Occ. Luke 16:21 N-ANP GRK: ἐπέλειχον τὰ ἕλκη αὐτοῦ NAS: were coming and licking his sores. KJV: and licked his sores. INT: licked the sores of him Revelation 16:2 N-NNS Revelation 16:11 N-GNP |
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