ἕλκος
helkos · sore
Greek word · Strong’s number G1668 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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helkos (ἕλκος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “sore”.
Ulcer, wound.
How to say it
hel·kos
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- An open, festering wound on the skin.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- sores ×2
- sore ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Luke 16:21
and longing to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table; but even the dogs would come and lick his sores.
- Revelation 16:2
And the first went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and a harmful and painful sore came on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped its image.
- Revelation 16:11
and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and because of their sores, and they did not change their minds about their works.