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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 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:21 - and longing G1937 to be fed G5526 with the crumbs which were falling G4098 from the rich G4145 man’s G4145 table; G5132 besides, G235 even G2532 the dogs G2965 were coming G2064 and licking G621 his sores. G1668
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:2 - So G2532 the first G4413 angel went G565 and poured G1632 out his bowl G5357 [fn]on the earth; G1093 and it became G1096 a loathsome G2556 and malignant G4190 sore G1668 on the [fn]people G444 who had G2192 the mark G5480 of the beast G2342 and who worshiped G4352 his image. G1504
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:11 - and they blasphemed G987 the God G2316 of heaven G3772 because G1537 of their pains G4192 and their sores; G1668 and they did not repent G3340 of their deeds. G2041
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