Quick Definition
ἀπολείχω v. I lick off, lick clean
Strong's Definition
from 575 and leicho (to "lick"); to lick clean
KJV Usage: lick
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | λείχω (lick)
23.42 · Physiological Processes and States · Processes Involving the Mouth, Other Than Eating and Drinking
to lick to lick an object with the tongue It may be necessary in some languages to be somewhat more specific in the expression ‘licked his sores’ so that the text may read ‘licked the pus from his sores.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπι-λείχω : impf. ἐπέλειχον ; to lick the surface of, dick over ([ οἵ, ἐπί, 1). 17; Germ. belecken): with the acc. of a thing, Lk. xvi. 21 L T Tr WH; (in Long. past. 1, 24 (11) a var. for énurpéxo).
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ἀπο-λείχω
(for ἐπιλ-, q.v.),
to lick up: Lk 16:21, Rec.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπιλείχω. A curious illustration of Lk 16?! is afforded by Sy// 80.355 (iii/B.c.), where an inscription found in the Asclepieum of Epidaurus records how a dog healed a boy—t]at γλώσσαι ἐθεράπευσε kal ὑγιῆ ἔπόη[σε. Upon the presence of dogs in the Asclepieum see Dittenberger Sy// 631 n‘.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀπολείχω (apoleichō) — to lick. ἀπολείχω, lick off, ἕλκη, variant for{ἐπι-}, [Refs 8th c.BC+] lick clean, with genitive partitive, φόνου[NT]