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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 - And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:10 - And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon 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 boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:18 - The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:19 - And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:20 - And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:22 - And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:23 - But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning 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 look upon him the seventh day: and if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:27 - The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:35 - The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:7 - And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:7 - So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
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