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Strong's #1668 - ἕλκος
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- a wound, esp. a wound producing a discharge pus
- a sore, an ulcer
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ἕλκος, εος, τό,
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1. wound, Il. 4.190, al. (never in Od.), Pi. P. 2.91, E. Tr. 1232 (pl.), etc.
2. festering wound, sore, ulcer, ἕ. ὕδρου the festering bite of a serpent, Il. 2.723; plague-ulcer, Th. 2.49, X. Eq. 5.1, etc. (Gal. 10.232 defines ἕ. as ἡ τῆς συνεχείας λύσις ἐν σαρκώδει μορίῳ, and both 1.1 and 1.2 are treated in Hp. Ulc.; ἕ. is applied to amputations in Art. 68.)
II metaph., wound, loss, Sol. 4.17, S. Ant. 652,al.; ἕ. δήμιον A. Ag. 640; ὑποκάρδιον ἕ. Theoc. 11.15; γίγνεται ἕ. ἐφ' ἕλκει Lib. 1063.6. (Orig. Ελκος, cf. Lat. ulcus, Skt. árśas (n.) 'haemorrhoid': ἕ- by influence of ἕλκω.)
ἕλκος, ἑλκεος (ἕλκους) (cf. Latinulcus,ulcerare; perhaps akin to ἕλκω (Etym. Magn. 331, 3; 641, 3), yet cf. Curtius, § 23), τό;
1. a wound, especially a suppurated wound; so in Homer and earlier writings.
2. from (Thucydides), Theophrastus, Polybius on, a sore, an ulcer: Revelation 16:2; plural, Luke 16:21; Revelation 16:11. (for שְׁחִין, Exodus 9:9; Job 2:7, etc.)
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ἑλκος , -εος (-ους ), τό
[in LXX: Exodus 9:9-11, Leviticus 13:18-27, 2 Kings 20:7, Job 2:7 (H7822);]
1. a wound (Hom.).
2. a sore, an ulcer (Thuc., al.): Luke 16:21, Revelation 16:2; Revelation 16:11.†
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Syll 802.114 (iii/B.C.) ὑπό του ἀγρίου ἕλκεος δεινῶς διακείμ [εν ]ος, 803.38 (iii/B.C.) ἀνὴρ ἐ [ντὸ ]ς τᾶς κοιλίας ἕλκος ἔχων. For ἕλκωσις, ";ulceration,"; see Vett. Val. pp. 3.4, 236.8.
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