What does ἕλκος (hélkos) mean in the Bible?
ἕλκος (hélkos) is a Greek word meaning "an ulcer (as if drawn together)".
Greek · G1668
ἕλκος
An ulcer (as if drawn together)
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ἕλκοςG1668
Pronunciationhélkos
What does ἕλκος (hélkos) mean in the Bible?
ἕλκος (hélkos) is a Greek word meaning "an ulcer (as if drawn together)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1668?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include sores (3).
Where does ἕλκος (hélkos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 16:21. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (2), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itsores3×Luke 16:21, Revelation 16:2, Revelation 16:11
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 16:21
Aligned rows3
Books represented2
Luke1Revelation2
Source forms
ἕλκη1xhelkēLuke 16:21
ἕλκος1xhelkosRevelation 16:2
ἑλκῶν1xhelkōnRevelation 16:11
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural1xLuke 16:21
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural1xRevelation 16:11
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular1xRevelation 16:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. an ulcer (as if drawn together)
Strong'sG1668
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms3 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
an ulcer (as if drawn together)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 16:21Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
ἕλκηelkh
a festering sore
Read verseRevelation 16:2Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
ἕλκοςelkov
a festering sore
Read verseRevelation 16:11Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
ἑλκῶνelkwn
a festering sore
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns3Aligned forms3Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · NeuterRev 16:21×
Genitive · Plural · NeuterRev 16:111×
Accusative · Plural · NeuterLuke 16:211×
Word Origins
ἕλκος is built from this root:
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