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Bible Lexicons
Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary Greek Lexicon 
Strong's #621 - ἀπολείχω
Transliteration 
apoleíchō
Phonetics
ap-ol-i'-kho
				
					
					
				
	
Origin
from (G575) and leicho (to "lick")
Parts of Speech
verb
TDNT
None
Definition   
		- Thayer
- Strong
- Mounce
Thayer's
			
			
		- to lick off, lick up
Frequency Lists 
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Verse Results 
				
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					BSB (1)
					
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					CSB (1)
					
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					ESV (1)
					
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					KJV (1)
					
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					LEB (0)
					The Lexham English Bible
did not use
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LSB (0)
					The Legacy Standard Bible
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N95 (0)
					The New American Standard Bible (1995)
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NAS (0)
					The New American Standard Bible
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NLT (0)
					The New Living Translation
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WEB (1)
					
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					YLT (1)
					
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					Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions
		ἀπολείχω,
lick off, ἕλκη, v.l. for ἐπι-, A.R. 4.478, cf. Epic. in Arch.Pap. 7.6, Ath. 6.250a, Sch. Il. Oxy. 221ii33; lick clean, c. gen. partit., φόνου Luke 16:21.
Thayer's Expanded Definition
		ἀπολείχω: (imperfect ἀπέλειχον); to lick off, lick up: Luke 16:21 R G; cf. ἐπιλείχω. ((Apollonius Rhodius, 4, 478); Athen. vi. c. 13, p. 250 a.)
Thayer's Expanded Greek Definition, Electronic Database.
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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament
		† ἀπο -λείχω
(for ἐπιλ -, q.v.),
to lick up: Luke 16:21, Rec.†
† ἐπι -λείχω ,
to lick over: c. acc, Luke 16:21 (of. MM, Exp., xiv).†
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
List of Word Forms
		απέλειχον απολιθωθήτωσαν επελειχον ἐπέλειχον epeleichon epéleichon