Quick Definition
I drag, draw, pull, persuade
Strong's Definition
to drag (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: probably akin to G138 (αἱρέομαι);
KJV Usage: draw
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἑλκύω, see ἕλκω.
STRONGS NT 1670: ἕλκωἕλκω (and in later writings ἑλκύω also (Veitch, under the word; Winer's Grammar, 86 (82))); imperfect εἷλκον (Act_21:30); future ἑλκύσω (ἑλκύσω Rec.elz Joh_12:32); 1 aorist εἵλκυσα ((infinitive (Joh_21:6) ἑλκύσαι Rbez elz L T WH, ἑλκύσαι R {s} G Tr); cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. § 114, vol. ii., p. 171; Krüger, § 40, under the word; (Lob. Paralip., p. 35f; Veitch, under the word)); from Homer down; the Sept. for ξΘωΗΡκ; to draw;
1. properly: τό δίκτυον, Joh_21:6; Joh_21:11; μάχαιραν, i. e. unsheathe, Joh_18:10 (Sophocles Ant. 1208 (1233), etc.); τινα, a person forcibly and against his will (our drag, drag off), ἔξω τοῦ ἱεροῦ, Act_21:30; εἰς τήν ἀγοράν, Act_16:19; εἰς κριτήρια, Jas_2:6 (πρός τόν δῆμον, Aristophanes eqq. 710; and in Latin, as Caesar b. g. 1, 53 (54, 4)cumtriniscatenisvinctustraheretur, Livy 2, 27cumalictoribusjamtraheretur).
2. metaphorically, to draw by inward power, lead, impel: Joh_6:44 (so in Greek also; as ἐπιθυμίας ... ἑλκουσης ἐπί ἡδονάς, Plato, Phaedr., p. 238 a.; ὑπό τῆς ἡδονῆς ἑλκόμενοι, Aelian h. a. 6, 31; likewise 4Ma_14:13; 4Ma_15:8 (11).trahitsuaquemquevoluptas, Vergil, ecl. 2, 65); πάντας ἑλκύσω πρός ἐμαυτόν, I by my moral, my spiritual, influence will win over to myself the hearts of all, Joh_12:32. Cf. Meyer on Joh_6:44; (Trench, § 21, Compare: ἐξέλκω.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
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Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἕλκω ,
(Hellenistic form ἑλκύω in Joh_11:1-57 . c ., Act_16:19 ),
[in LXX for H4900 , etc.;]
to draw: c . acc rei , Joh_18:10 ; Joh_21:6 ; c . acc pers ., seq . ἔξω , Act_21:30 ; εἰς , Act_16:19 , Jas_2:6 . Metaph ., to draw, lead, impel: Joh_6:44 ; Joh_12:32 . (For discussion of ἕ . in Oxyrh. Log.,· v. Deiss., LAE , 437 ff .)†
ἐλκύω , see ἕλκω .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἑλκύω [page 204]
P Petr III. 46 (1) .22 οἱ ἐξειληφότες ἑλκύσαι π [λίνθου ] Μβ† ὥστε εἰς τὴν συντελουμένην ἐν Πτολεμαΐδι βασιλ [ικὴν ] κατάλυσιν , who have contracted to draw 20,000 bricks to the Royal quarters which are being completed at Ptolemais (Edd.), P Oxy I. 121 .20 (iii/A.D.) τοὺς κλάδους ἔνικον ( l. ἔνεγκον ) εἰς τὴν ὁδὸν πάντα εἵνα δήσῃ τρία τρία κὲ ἑλκύσῃ , carry all the branches into the road and have them tied together by threes and dragged along (Edd.) : cf. BGU III. 822 .5 (iii/A.D.) μὴ μελησάτω σοι περὶ τῶν σιτικῶν· εὗρον γεοργόν , τίς αὐτὰ ἑλκύσῃ , ἀλλὰ τὰ σπέρματα τίς διδοῖ ; With Jas_2:6 cf. P Tor I. 1 vi. 11 (B.C. 117) ἑλκυσθέντων ἁπάντων εἰς τὸ κριτήριον . A metaphorical usage is found in P Hib I. 83 .9 ( c. B.C. 258 7) καὶ τοῦτο μὴ ἑλκύσηἰ , and do not let (his be delayed (Edd.) : see also PSI IV. 333 .2 (B.C. 257 6) ἑλκ̣[υσ ]θῆναί σε ἐν ἀρρωστίαι .
† In the print edition the letter β appears directly above the Μ .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἕλκω
(Hellenistic form ἑλκύω in Jhn.11:1-57. with, Act.16:19), [in LXX for מָשַׁךְ, etc. ;]
to draw: with accusative of thing(s), Jhn.18:10 21:6; with accusative of person(s), before ἔξω, Act.21:30; εἰς, Act.16:19, Jas.2:6. Metaphorical, to draw, lead, impel: Jhn.6:44 12:32. (For discussion of ἕ. in Oxyrh. Log., see Deiss., LAE, 437 ff.)†
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