Quick Definition
ἐξέλκω v. I entice
Strong's Definition
from 1537 and 1670; to drag forth, i.e. (figuratively) to entice (to sin)
KJV Usage: draw away
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἕλκω
31.74 · Hold a View, Believe, Trust · Change an Opinion Concerning Truth
to draw away, to lead away, to lure away to (figurative extension of meaning of ἐξέλκω ‘to pull, to draw out,’ not occurring in the NT) to cause a change of belief so as to correspond more with the beliefs of the person or factor causing the change
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐξέλκω : [pres. pass. ptep. ἐξελκόμενος ; to draw out, (Hom., Pind., Attic writ.) ; metaph. i. q. to lure forth, ΓΑ. V. draw away]: ὑπὸ τῆς . . . ἐπιθυμίας ἐξελκόμενος, Jas. i. 14, where the metaphor is taken from hunting and fishing: as game is lured from its covert, so man by lust is allured from the safety of self-restraint to sin. [The language of hunting seems to be transferred here (so elsewhere, cf. Wetst. ad loe.) to the seductions of a harlot, personated by ἐπιθυμία ; see tixtw.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐξέλκω exelkō 1x
to draw or drag out; met. to withdraw, allure, hurry away, Jas. 1:14*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐξ-έλκω
[in LXX: Ge 37:28 (מָשַׁךְ), etc. ;]
to draw out or away: metaph., ὑπὸ τ. ἐπιθυμίας, Ja 1:14 (v. Mayor, in l).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐξέλκω “supply,” ‘‘furnish”: with 2 Tim 317, cf. P Amh II. 938 (A.D. 181) ἐλαιουργῖον . . . ἐνεργὸν ἐξηρτισμένον ἅπασι, “an oil-press in working order and completely furnished,’’ P Tebt Il. 3421? (late ii/A.D.) kepapetov. . . ἐξηρτισμί(ένον) πᾶσι, P Lond 1164()" (A.p. 212) (=ILI. p. 164) of a boat σὺν κώποις δυσὶ ἐξηρτισμένον, ‘“‘supplied with two oars.” For the subst. see P Ryl 11. 2331" (ii/A.D.) τὰς τιμὰς ov ἀγοράζει ἐξαρτισμῶν, *‘the prices of the fittings which he buys,” and cf. Aristeas 144 πρὸς... τρόπων ἐξαρτισμὸν δικαιοσύνης ἕνεκεν σεμνῶς ταῦτα ἀνατέτακται, “for the perfecting of character.’’ See also s.v. καταρτίζω.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐξέλκω (exelkō) — to drag out/away. ἐξέλκ-ω, future -έλξω[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 1 -είλκῠσ; infinitive -ελκύσαι[Refs]:—passive, -ελκυσθῇ[Refs 5th c.BC+]:— draw, drag out, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φάσγανον.. ἐ. κολεοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ἑλλάδ᾽ ἐ. δουλίας rescue from slavery, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δύστηνον ἐ. πόδα, of a lame man, [Refs 5th c.BC+] of one wounded, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξελκύσαι τὴν πᾶσιν Εἰρήνην φίλην drag her out of the cave, [Refs]; rare in Prose, as [Refs 5th c.BC+]