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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*

Source: Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

Translated in KJV as

sore

Etymology

probably from G1670 (ἑλκύω);

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