ἑλκόω
helkóō · G1669 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to have sores, to have ulcers, to be full of sores
(Derivative of ἕλκος ‘sore, ulcer,’) To have sores on the body
ExamplesLuke 16:20 “And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores,
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Contrasting words 3 words
- ἰάομαι iáomai · G2390 · to heal, to cure, to make well
- Lexical opposite: ἑλκόω describes becoming afflicted with ulcers/sores, while ἰάομαι describes the healing/curing of disease or injury
- θεραπεύω therapeúō · G2323 · to heal, to cure, to take care of
- Lexical opposite: ἑλκόω denotes becoming ulcerous/diseased, while θεραπεύω denotes healing or treating disease
- ὑγιαίνω hygiaínō · G5198 · to be well, to be healthy, to be correct
- Lexical opposite: ἑλκόω describes being in an ulcerous/diseased state, while ὑγιαίνω describes being in a healthy/sound state
In the other Testament 1 word
- שְׁחִין shᵉchîyn · H7822 · boil, inflammation
- Hebrew noun for skin eruption/boil that could serve as the Hebrew equivalent concept for ulcerous conditions, though ἑλκόω is verbal (to be ulcerous) while this is nominal
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To have sores, to have ulcers, to be full of sores23.180
- Used in Luke 16:20, of the poor man Lazarus, who was laid at the rich man's gate, covered with sores.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἕλκω: to make sore, cause to ulcerate (Hippocrates and medical writers); passive to be…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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