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G1667 ἑλίσσω (helíssō)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I roll, roll up

Strong's Definition

to coil or wrap

Derivation: a form of G1507 (εἱλίσσω);

KJV Usage: fold up

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἑλίσσω: future ἑλιξω (Rec.st ἑλίσσω); (present passive ἑλίσσομαι; from Homer down); to roll up, fold together: Heb_1:12 (where T Tr marginal reading ἀλλάξεις), and Rev_6:14 L T Tr WH; see εἱλίσσω.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

G1507, G1667 ἑλίσσω helissō 2x to roll, fold up, as garments, Heb_1:12 ; Rev_6:14

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἑλίσσω , [in LXX : Isa_34:4 ( H1556 ni .), Psa_102:26 ( H2498 hi .), etc.;] to roll, roll up: Heb_1:12 ( LXX ), Rev_6:14 .† * ἕλιγμα , -τος , τό ( < ἑλίσσω ), a roll: Joh_19:39 , WH , txt . (μῖγμα , Rec. ; μίγμα , WH , mg ., R , txt .).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἑλίσσω [page 203] In the directions for a love-philtre, P Lond 121 .463 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 99) we have ἕλιξον κ (αὶ ) β [ά ]λε εἰς θάλασσαν : cf. further the magic papyri ib. 122 .67 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 118) ἑλλίξας τὸ ὑπόλοιπον τοῦ ῥάκους περὶ τὸν τράχηλόν σου , and ib. 46 .405 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 78) αἰθέριον δρόμο (ν ) εἱλίσσων . The compound συνελίσσω is found P Oxy I. 113 .4 (ii/A.D.) συνήλλιξα ἐκείνη̣ τῆι ἐπιστολῇ δεῖγμα λευκόϊνα , I enclosed in the former packet a pattern of white-violet colour (Edd.), P Giss I. 25 .7 συ̣ν̣ήλιξα οὖν τὴν ἐπιστολὴν Ἀπολλωτᾶτος̣ τῇ Ἐρμοφίλου . The subst. ἕλιγμα is read by WH in Joh_19:39 , following ΰ *B.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

ἑλίσσω [Etym: εἴλω] "to turn round, to turn" a chariot "round the doubling-post", Il. ; so of the chariot of Day, Aesch. , Eur. ; ἑλ. κόνιν "to roll the eddying" dust, Aesch. ; ἑλ. δίνας of the Euripus, Eur. ; ἑλ. βλέφαρα id=Eur. of any rapid motion, esp. of a circular kind, ἑλ. πλάταν "to ply" the oar "swiftly", Soph. ; ἑλ. πόδα "to move the swift" foot, Eur. : absol. "to dance", id=Eur. "to roll or wind round", as the wool round the distaff, Hdt. , Eur. metaph. "to turn in one's mind, revolve", Soph. ; ἑλ. λόγους "to speak wily" words, Eur. Pass. and Mid. "to turn oneself round, turn quick round, turn to bay", Il. ; of a serpent, "to coil himself", id=Il. ; of a missile, "to spin through the air", id=Il. "to turn hither and thither, go about", id=Il. :—also, like Lat. versari, to be busy about a thing, id=Il. "to whirl in the dance", Eur. Mid. in Act. sense, "with a whirl", like a sling, Il. τὰς κεφαλὰς εἰλίχατο μίτρηισι "have their" heads "rolled round" with turbans, Hdt.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἑλίσσω [in LXX: Isa.34:4 (גָּלַל ni.), Psa.102:26 (חָלַף hi.), etc. ;] to roll, roll up: Heb.1:12 (LXX), Rev.6:14.† (AS)

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