G1668: ἕλκος (hélkos)

G1668 ἕλκος (hélkos)

Greek

Quick Definition

ἕλκος, ους, τό n.n. a festering sore

Strong's Definition

probably from 1670; an ulcer (as if drawn together)

KJV Usage: sore

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἕλκος (G1668)

noun, n. | -ους | ἑλκόομαι

23.179 · Physiological Processes and States · Sickness, Disease, Weakness

sore, ulcer a painful, ulcerated sore resulting from infection

LUK 16:21 · REV 16:2 · REV 16:11

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἕλκος, -eos (-ous), [ef. Lat. uleus, ulcerare; perh. akin to ἕλκω (Etym. Magn. 331, 3; 641, 3), yet cf. Curtius § 23], τό; 1. a wound, esp. a suppurated wound; so in Hom. and earlier writ. 2. fr. [Thue.], Theophr., Polyb. on, a sore, an ulcer: Rey. xvi. 2; plur., Lk. xvi. 21; Rev. xvi.11. (for pny, Ex. ix. 9; Job ii. 7, ete.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἕλκος helkos 3x

pr. a wound; hence, an ulcer, sore, Lk. 16:21; Rev. 16:2, 11*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἕλκος, -εος (-ους), τό

[in LXX: Ex 9:9-11, Le 13:18-27, IV Ki 20:7, Jb 2:7 (שְׁחִין) ;]

a wound (Hom.).

a sore, an ulcer (Thuc., al.): Lk 16:21, Re 16:2, 11.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἕλκος. Syil 80 2114 (iii/p.c.) ὑπό του ἀγρίου ἕλκεος δεινῶς διακείμίεν]ος, 803° (iii/B.c.) ἀνὴρ é[vTd]s τᾶς κοιλίας ἕλκος ἔχων. For ἕλκωσις, ‘ulceration,’ see Vett. Val. pp. 3%, 2365. ε 1) €AKU@

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἕλκος (helkos) — sore. ἕλκος, εος, τό, wound, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

2. festering wound, sore, ulcer, ἕ. ὕδρου the festering bite of a serpent, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; plague-ulcer, [Refs 5th c.BC+], and both 1.1 and 1.2 are treated in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕ. is applied to amputations in [Refs]

II. metaphorically, wound, loss, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ὑποκάρδιον ἕ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+], cf. Latin ulcus, Sanskritárśas (n.) 'haemorrhoid': ἕ- by influence of ἕλκω.)