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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1668 - ἕλκος

Transliteration

hélkos

Phonetics

hel'-kos

Origin

probably from (G1670)

Parts of Speech

neuter noun

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a wound, esp. a wound producing a discharge pus
a sore, an ulcer

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 7822 ‑ שְׁחִין (shekh‑een');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Luke 1

Revelation 1

BSB (3)

Luke 1

Revelation 2

CSB (3)

Luke 1

Revelation 2

ESV (3)

Luke 1

Revelation 2

KJV (3)

Luke 1

Revelation 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (3)

Luke 1

Revelation 2

N95 (3)

Luke 1

Revelation 2

NAS (3)

Luke 1

Revelation 2

NLT (2)

Revelation 2

WEB (2)

Luke 1

Revelation 1

YLT (3)

Luke 1

Revelation 2

ASV (2)

sore 1

sores 1

BSB (3)

sores 3

CSB (3)

sores 3

ESV (3)

sores 3

KJV (3)

sore 1

sores 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (3)

sore 1

sores 2

N95 (3)

sore 1

sores 2

NAS (3)

sore 1

sores 2

NLT (2)

sores 2

WEB (2)

sore 1

sores 1

YLT (3)

a sore 1

sores 2

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-APN 1

N-GPN 1

N-NSN 1

ANT

N-APN 1

N-GPN 1

N-NSN 1

BEZ

N-APN 1

N-GPN 1

N-NSN 1

BGB

N-APN 1

N-GPN 1

N-NSN 1

BMT

N-APN 1

N-GPN 1

N-NSN 1

BYZ

N-APN 1

N-GPN 1

N-NSN 1

ELZ

N-GPN 1

N-NSN 1

NA26

N-APN 1

N-GPN 1

N-NSN 1

SBL

N-APN 1

N-GPN 1

N-NSN 1

SCV

N-APN 1

N-GPN 1

N-NSN 1

STV

N-APN 1

N-GPN 1

N-NSN 1

TIS

N-APN 1

N-GPN 1

N-NSN 1

N-APN 1

N-GPN 1

N-NSN 1

TRG

N-GPN 1

N-NSN 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἕλκος, εος, τό,

1. wound, Il. 4.190, al. (never in Od.), Pi. P. 2.91, E. Tr. 1232 (pl.), etc.

2. festering wound, sore, ulcer, ἕ. ὕδρου the festering bite of a serpent, Il. 2.723; plague-ulcer, Th. 2.49, X. Eq. 5.1, etc. (Gal. 10.232 defines ἕ. as ἡ τῆς συνεχείας λύσις ἐν σαρκώδει μορίῳ, and both 1.1 and 1.2 are treated in Hp. Ulc.; ἕ. is applied to amputations in Art. 68.)

II metaph., wound, loss, Sol. 4.17, S. Ant. 652,al.; ἕ. δήμιον A. Ag. 640; ὑποκάρδιον ἕ. Theoc. 11.15; γίγνεται ἕ. ἐφ' ἕλκει Lib. 1063.6. (Orig. Ελκος, cf. Lat. ulcus, Skt. árśas (n.) 'haemorrhoid': ἕ- by influence of ἕλκω.)

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἕλκος, 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.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἑλκος , -εος (-ους ), τό

[in LXX: Exodus 9:9-11, Leviticus 13:18-27, 2 Kings 20:7, Job 2:7 (H7822);]

1. a wound (Hom.).

2. a sore, an ulcer (Thuc., al.): Luke 16:21, Revelation 16:2; Revelation 16:11.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

Syll 802.114 (iii/B.C.) ὑπό του ἀγρίου ἕλκεος δεινῶς διακείμ [εν ]ος, 803.38 (iii/B.C.) ἀνὴρ ἐ [ντὸ ]ς τᾶς κοιλίας ἕλκος ἔχων. For ἕλκωσις, ";ulceration,"; see Vett. Val. pp. 3.4, 236.8.

List of Word Forms

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 hélkos