King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1669
Transliteration: helkoō
Phonetic Spelling: (hel-ko'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to wound, to ulcerate, pass. to suffer from sores
Meaning: to wound, to ulcerate, to suffer from sores
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: Luke 16:20 (Xenophon, de re. eq. 1, 4; 5, 1).
Word Summary
helkoō: to wound, to ulcerate, pass. to suffer from sores
Original Word: ἑλκόωTransliteration: helkoō
Phonetic Spelling: (hel-ko'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to wound, to ulcerate, pass. to suffer from sores
Meaning: to wound, to ulcerate, to suffer from sores
Strong's Concordance
full of sores or ulcersFrom helkos; to cause to ulcerate, i.e. (passively) be ulcerous -- full of sores.
see GREEK helkos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1669: ἑλκόωἑλκόω, 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: Luke 16:20 (Xenophon, de re. eq. 1, 4; 5, 1).