Lexical Summary helkos: a wound, a sore, an ulcer Original Word: ἕλκοςTransliteration: helkos Phonetic Spelling: (hel'-kos) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: a wound, a sore, an ulcer Meaning: a wound, a sore, an ulcer Strong's Concordance sore. Probably from helkuo; an ulcer (as if drawn together) -- sore. see GREEK helkuo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1668: ἕλκοςἕλκος, ἑλκεος (ἕλκους) (cf. Latinulcus,ulcerare; perhaps akin to ἕλκω (Etym. Magn. 331, 3; 641, 3), yet cf. Curtius, § 23), τό; 1. a wound, especially a suppurated wound; so in Homer and earlier writings. 2. from (Thucydides), Theophrastus, Polybius on, a sore, an ulcer: Revelation 16:2; plural, Luke 16:21; Revelation 16:11. (for שְׁחִין, Exodus 9:9; Job 2:7, etc.) |
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