Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NKJV

NKJV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G1668 - helkos

Choose a new font size and typeface
ἕλκος
Transliteration
helkos (Key)
Pronunciation
hel'-kos
Listen
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)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:9 - “And it will become fine dust in all the land of Egypt, and it will cause boils that break out in sores on man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:10 - Then they took ashes from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses scattered them toward heaven. And they caused boils that break out in sores on man and beast.

Tools

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 boils were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:18 - “If the body develops a boil in the skin, and it is healed,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:19 - “and in the place of the boil there comes a white swelling or a bright spot, reddish-white, then it shall be shown to the priest;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:20 - “and if, when the priest sees it, it indeed appears deeper than the skin, and its hair has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a leprous sore which has broken out of the boil.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:22 - “and if it should at all spread over the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a leprous sore.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:23

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:27 - “And the priest shall examine him on the seventh day. If it has at all spread over the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a leprous sore.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:27 - “The LORD will strike you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors, with the scab, and with the itch, from which you cannot be healed.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:35 - “The LORD will strike you in the knees and on the legs with severe boils which cannot be healed, and from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:7

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:7 - So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NKJV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NKJV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan