Quick Definition
I afflict with sores
Strong's Definition
to cause to ulcerate, i.e. (passively) be ulcerous
Derivation: from G1668 (ἕλκος);
KJV Usage: full of sores
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἑλκόω, ἕλκω: to make sore, cause to ulcerate (Hippocrates and medical writers); passive to be ulcerated; perfect participle passive ἡλκωμένος (L T Tr WH εἱλκωμένος (WHs Appendix, p. 161; Winers Grammar, § 12, 8; Buttmann, 34 (30))), full of sores: Luk_16:20 (Xenophon, de re. eq. 1, 4; 5, 1).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἑλκόω helkoō 1x
pass. to be afflicted with ulcers, Luk_16:20
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἑλκόω , -ῶ ;
1. to wound.
2. to ulcerate; pass ., to suffer from sores: pf . ptcp ., εἱλκωμίνος ( Rec. ἡλκ -), EV , full of sores, Luk_16:20 .†
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἑλκόω ἑλκόω, φυτ. -ώσω [Etym: ἕλκος] "to wound sorely, lacerate", Eur. :—metaph., ἑλκ. φρένας οἴκους id=Eur.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἑλκόω, -ῶ
__1. to wound.
__2. to ulcerate; pass., to suffer from sores: pf. ptcp., εἱλκωμίνος (Rec. ἡλκ-), EV, full of sores, Luk.16:20.†
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