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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)
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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:9 -

“It will become fine dust over the entire land of Egypt. It will become festering boils on people and animals throughout the land of Egypt.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:10 -

So they took furnace soot and stood before Pharaoh. Moses threw it toward heaven, and it became festering boils on people and animals.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:11 -

The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians as well as on all the Egyptians.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:18 -

“When a boil appears on the skin of someone’s body and it heals,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:19 -

“and a white swelling or a reddish-white spot develops where the boil was, the person is to present himself to the priest.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:20 -

“The priest will make an examination, and if the spot seems to be beneath the skin and the hair in it has turned white, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a case of serious skin disease that has broken out in the boil.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:22 -

“If it spreads further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is in fact a disease.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:23 -

“But if the spot remains where it is and does not spread, it is only the scar from the boil. The priest is to pronounce him clean.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:27 -

“The priest will reexamine him on the seventh day. If it has spread further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is in fact a case of serious skin disease.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:27 -

“The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, tumors, a festering rash, and scabies, from which you cannot be cured.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:35 -

“The LORD will afflict you with painful and incurable boils on your knees and thighs ​— ​from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:7 -

Then Isaiah said, “Bring a lump of pressed figs.” So they brought it and applied it to his infected skin, and he recovered.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:7 -

So Satan left the LORD’s presence and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

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