Greek noun (neuter) · G1668
ἕλκος
helkoshel'-kos
a wound (Hom.).; a sore, an ulcer
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hélkos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1668is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1668
an ulcer (as if drawn together)
The King James renders it: sore.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
helkos is rendered "a wound (Hom.).; a sore, an ulcer". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a wound (Hom.).".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 16:21and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
Luke 16:21ἕλκη
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's three uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: a wound (Hom.)., and a sore, an ulcer.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a wound (Hom.). | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereLuke 16:21and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table… |
| a sore, an ulcer | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 16:21and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἑλκόω | helkoo | to have/cause sores | Uses1 |
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἕλκη1
- ἕλκος1
- ἑλκῶν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural1N-APN
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural1N-GPN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1N-NSN
Luke
one use
and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
- ἕλκηhelkenoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: sores
Revelation
two uses
So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and loathsome, malignant sores broke out on those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.
- ἕλκοςhelkosnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: a sore
and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores; yet they did not repent of their deeds.
- ἑλκῶνhelkonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: sores
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.