Definition

an ulcer (as if drawn together)

Etymology

probably from G1670 (ἑλκύω);

Word family

• ἑλκύω helkýō

How the KJV renders it

• sore

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.