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)
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G1668 — ἕλκος
helkos · sore · Greek
3 tagged verse occurrences
Luke 16:21 · ἕλκηand desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; yea, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.Revelation 16:2 · ἕλκοςand the first did go away, and did pour out his vial upon the land, and there came a sore—bad and grievous—to men, those having the mark of the beast, and those bowing to his image.Revelation 16:11 · ἑλκῶνand they did speak evil of the God of the heaven, from their pains, and from their sores, and they did not reform from their works.