Strong’s G1668 · Greek
ἕλκος
hélkos · hel'-kos
Origin probably from ἑλκύω (G1670);
Meaning an ulcer (as if drawn together)
In the King James Version sore.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Luke 16:21And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
- Revelation 16:2And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
- Revelation 16:11And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.