# G1668 ἕλκος

ἕλκος (hélkos), Strong’s G1668: an ulcer (as if drawn together) KJV: sore. Occurs 18 times.

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*hélkos* — an ulcer (as if drawn together)

KJV: sore

Derived from [ἑλκύω helkýō](https://besorah.bible/word/G1670) (to drag)

Occurs 18 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Luke 16:21](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/16?v=21) — and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his…
- [Revelation 16:2](https://besorah.bible/besorah/revelation/16?v=2) — The first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth, and it became a harmful and painful sore on the people who had…
- [Revelation 16:11](https://besorah.bible/besorah/revelation/16?v=11) — and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores. They still didn’t repent of their works.