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Lexicon :: Strong's G1668 - helkos

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ἕλκος
Transliteration
helkos (Key)
Pronunciation
hel'-kos
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from ἕλκω (G1670)
mGNT
3x in 3 unique form(s) TR
3x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
14x in 4 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἕλκος hélkos, hel'-kos; probably from G1670; an ulcer (as if drawn together):—sore.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G1668 in the following manner: sore (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G1668 in the following manner: sore (3x).

  1. a wound, esp. a wound producing a discharge pus

  2. a sore, an ulcer

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἕλκος hélkos, hel'-kos; probably from G1670; an ulcer (as if drawn together):—sore.
STRONGS G1668:
ἕλκος, -εος (-ους), [cf. Latin ulcus, 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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
9:9
Job
2:7
Luke
16:21
Revelation
16:2; 16:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1668 matches the Greek ἕλκος (helkos),
which occurs 14 times in 13 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:9 - It shall become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and become boils breaking out in sores on man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:10 - So they took soot from the kiln and stood before Pharaoh. And Moses threw it in the air, and it became boils breaking out in sores on man and beast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:11 - And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils came upon the magicians and upon all the Egyptians.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:18 - “If there is in the skin of one’s body a boil and it heals,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:19 - and in the place of the boil there comes a white swelling or a reddish-white spot, then it shall be shown to the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:20 - And the priest shall look, and if it appears deeper than the skin and its hair has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a case of leprous disease that has broken out in the boil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:22 - And if it spreads in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a disease.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:23 - But if the spot remains in one place and does not spread, it is the scar of the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:27 - and the priest shall examine him the seventh day. If it is spreading in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a case of leprous disease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:27 - The LORD will strike you with the boils of Egypt, and with tumors and scabs and itch, of which you cannot be healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:35 - The LORD will strike you on the knees and on the legs with grievous boils of which you cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:7 - And Isaiah said, “Bring a cake of figs. And let them take and lay it on the boil, that he may recover.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:7 - So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and struck Job with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
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