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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 BoxExo 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:9 - And let it become dust over all the land of Egypt, and there shall be upon men and upon beasts [fn]sore blains breaking forth both on men and on beasts, in all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:10 - So he took of the ashes of the furnace before Pharao, and Moses scattered it toward heaven, and it became sore blains breaking forth both on men and on beasts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:11 - And the sorcerers could not stand before Moses because of the sores, for the sores were on the sorcerers, and in all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:18 - And if the flesh should have become an ulcer in his skin, and should be healed,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:19 - and there should be in the place of the ulcer a white sore, or one looking white and bright, or fiery, and it shall be seen by the priest;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:20 - then the priest shall look, and, behold, if the appearance be beneath the skin, and its hair has changed to white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; because it is a leprosy, it has broken out in the ulcer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:22 - But if it manifestly spread over the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy; it has broken out in the ulcer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:23 - But if the bright spot should remain in its place and not spread, it is the scar of the ulcer; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:27 - And the priest shall look upon him on the seventh day; and if the spot be much spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy, it has broken out in the ulcer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:27 - The Lord smite thee with the botch of Egypt in the seat, and with a malignant scab, and itch, so that thou canst not be healed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:35 - The Lord smite thee with an evil sore, on the knees and the legs, so that thou shalt not be able to be healed from the sole of thy foot to the crown of thy head.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:7 - And he said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it upon the ulcer, and he shall be well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:7 - So the devil went out from the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from his feet to his head.
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