King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1668
Transliteration: 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
ἕλκος, ἑλκεος (ἕλκους) (cf. Latinulcus,ulcerare; perhaps akin to ἕλκω (Etym. Magn. 331, 3; 641, 3), yet cf. Curtius, § 23), τό;
Word 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.)