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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 1669. ἑλκόω (helkoó) -- To wound, to ulcerate, to cause sores</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/1669.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/hebrews/12-17.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/1669.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 1669</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/1668.htm" title="1668">◄</a> 1669. helkoó <a href="../greek/1670.htm" title="1670">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">helkoó: To wound, to ulcerate, to cause sores</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ἑλκόω</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>helkoó<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>hel-KO-o<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(hel-ko'-o)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To wound, to ulcerate, to cause sores<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>I afflict with sores; pass: I am afflicted with sores.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Greek word "ἕλκος" (helkos), meaning "wound" or "ulcer."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew equivalent often associated with similar concepts of wounds or sores is Strong's Hebrew 4347 (מַכָּה, makkah), meaning "wound" or "plague."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The verb "helkoó" is used in the New Testament to describe the act of causing physical wounds or sores. It conveys the idea of inflicting pain or creating an ulcerous condition. This term is often associated with physical afflictions that are visible and painful, reflecting a state of suffering or distress.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Greco-Roman world, wounds and sores were common due to the lack of advanced medical care and the prevalence of diseases. The term "helkoó" would have been understood in the context of physical suffering and the need for healing. In biblical times, physical ailments were often seen as manifestations of spiritual or moral issues, and healing was both a physical and spiritual concern.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/1668.htm">helkos</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to wound, to ulcerate, pass. to suffer from sores<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>covered with sores (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 1669: ἑλκόω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἑλκόω</span></span>, <span class="greek2">ἕλκω</span>: <span class="accented">to make sore, cause to ulcerate</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Hippocrates</span> and medical writers); passive <span class="accented">to be ulcerated</span>; perfect participle passive <span class="greek2">ἡλκωμένος</span> (<span class="manuref">L</span> <span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span> <span class="greek2">εἱλκωμένος</span> (<span class="manuref">WH</span>s Appendix, p. 161; <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, § 12, 8; <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 34 (30))), <span class="accented">full of sores</span>: <a href="/interlinear/luke/16-20.htm">Luke 16:20</a> (<span class="abbreviation">Xenophon</span>, de re. eq. 1, 4; 5, 1).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>full of sores or ulcers<p>From <a href="/greek/1668.htm">helkos</a>; to cause to ulcerate, i.e. (passively) be ulcerous -- full of sores. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1668.htm">helkos</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>ειλκωμενος εἱλκωμένος ηλκωμένος eilkomenos eilkōmenos heilkomenos heilkoménos heilkōmenos heilkōménos<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/luke/16-20.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 16:20</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular">V-RPM/P-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/16.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">πυλῶνα αὐτοῦ <b>εἱλκωμένος</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> at his gate, <span class="itali">covered with sores,</span><br><a href="/kjvs/luke/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> his gate, <span class="itali">full of sores,</span><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/16-20.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> gate of him <span class="itali">being full of sores</span><p><b><a href="/greek/1669.htm">Strong's Greek 1669</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_1669.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/eilko_menos_1669.htm">εἱλκωμένος — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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