UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: λείχω

Sense 1: to lick

Semantic entry: 23.42

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Processes Involving the Mouth, Other Than Eating and Drinking

Definition: to lick an object with the tongue

Notes: It may be necessary in some languages to be somewhat more specific in the expression ‘licked his sores’ so that the text may read ‘licked the pus from his sores.’

Show passage in OET: LUK 16:21

OET-RV LUK 16:21

21 where he lay, hoping to get any food that might fall off the rich man’s table. The dogs even came and licked his ulcers,

OET-LV LUK 16:21

21 and desiring to _be _satisfied from which falling from the table of _the rich man, but even the dogs coming were _licking _up the ulcers of _him.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἐπιλείχω

Form 1

Sense 1: to lick