G1668: ἕλκος
hélkos · “sore”
Definition
an ulcer (as if drawn together)
KJV translates it as: sore
Word origin: probably from G1670 (ἑλκύω);
Extended definition
ἑλκος, -εος (-ους), τό
[in LXX: Exo.9:9-11, Lev.13:18-27, 4Ki.20:7, Job.2:7 (שְׁחִין) ;]
1. a wound (Hom.).
2. a sore, an ulcer (Thuc., al.): Luk.16:21, Rev.16:2, 11.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Exo.9:9-11, Lev.13:18-27, 4Ki.20:7, Job.2:7 (שְׁחִין) ;]
1. a wound (Hom.).
2. a sore, an ulcer (Thuc., al.): Luk.16:21, Rev.16:2, 11.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G1668 is translated
- sores ×2
- a sore ×1
Bible verses with G1668 (hélkos)
Hélkos appears in 3 verses.
- Luke 16:21
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
- Revelation 16:2
And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
- Revelation 16:11
And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.