ἕλκος
hélkos
“an ulcer (as if drawn together)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
an ulcer (as if drawn together)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
pr. a wound; hence, an ulcer, sore, Lk. 16:21; Rev. 16:2, 11*
Translated in KJV as
sore
Etymology
probably from G1670 (ἑλκύω);
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