Sore
ἕλκοςStrong’s G1668helkos
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Helkos is the Greek word usually translated “sores” and “sore”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.”
Meaning
Usually translated “sores” and “sore”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- sores 2
- a sore 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 2
- Luke 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Greek dictionary
ἕλκος helkos · sore
ἑλκος, -εος (-ους), τό [in LXX: Exo.9:9-11, Lev.13:18-27, 4Ki.20:7, Job.2:7 (שְׁחִין) ;] 1. a wound (Hom.). 2. a sore, an ulcer (Thuc., al.): Luk.16:21, Rev.16:2, 11.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sore” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SORE, noun
- A place in an animal body where the skin and flesh are ruptured or bruised, so as to be pained with the slightest pressure.
- An ulcer; a boil.
- In Scriptures, grief; affliction. 2 Chronicles 6:28
All definitions and other forms of “sore”
SORE, adjective
- Tender and susceptible of pain from pressure; as, a boil, ulcer or abscess is very sore; a wounded place is sore; inflammation renders a part sore
- Tender, as the mind; easily pained, grieved or vexed; very susceptible of irritation from any thing that crosses the inclination.
- Affected with inflammation; as sore eyes.
- Violent with pain; severe; afflictive; distressing; as a sore disease; sore evil or calamity; a sore night.
- Severe; violent; as a sore conflict.
- Criminal; evil.
SORE, adverb
- With painful violence; intensely; severely; grievously.
- Greatly; violently; deeply.
SORE, verb transitive
To wound; to make sore
SORE, noun
A hawk of the first year.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.