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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 will become fine dust over the whole land of Egypt and will cause boils to break out and fester on both people and animals in 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 a furnace and stood before Pharaoh, Moses threw it into the air, and it caused festering boils to break out on both people and animals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:11 - The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for boils were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:18 - "When someone's body has a boil on its skin 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 is a white swelling or a reddish white bright spot, he must show himself to the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:20 - The priest will then examine it, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and its hair has turned white, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. It is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:22 - If it is spreading further on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean. It is an infection.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:23 - But if the bright spot stays in its place and has not spread, it is the scar of the boil, so the priest is to pronounce him clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:27 - The priest must then examine it on the seventh day, and if it is spreading further on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean. It is a diseased infection.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:27 - The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, eczema, and scabies, all of which cannot be healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:35 - The LORD will afflict you in your knees and on your legs with painful, incurable boils - from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:7 - Isaiah ordered, "Get a fig cake." So they did as he ordered and placed it on the ulcerated sore, and he recovered.

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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 he afflicted Job with a malignant ulcer from the sole of his feet to the top of his head.
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