UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: ἕλκω; impf.; εἷλκον; ἕλκω; fut.; ἑλκύσω; ἕλκω; aor.; εἵλκυσα; ἕλκω; subj.3sg.; ἑλκύσῃ

Related lemmas: ἐξέλκω

Sense 1: to pull, to drag, to draw

Semantic entry: 15.212

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Pull, Draw, Drag

Definition: to pull or drag, requiring force because of the inertia of the object being dragged

JHN 6:44: RV JHN 6:44 · LV JHN 6:44 · Read together JHN 6:44

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OET-RV JHN 6:44

44 No one can join me unless the father who sent me attracts them, and then I’ll be bringing them back to life on that final day.

OET-LV JHN 6:44

44 No _one is _able to _come to me, if not the father, the one having _sent me, may _draw him, and _I will _be _raising_ him _up the last day.

JHN 12:32: RV JHN 12:32 · LV JHN 12:32 · Read together JHN 12:32

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OET-RV JHN 12:32

32 and when I’m lifted up from the earth, I will attract everyone towards me.”

OET-LV JHN 12:32

32 And _I if may _be _exalted from the earth, I _will _be _drawing all to myself.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

JHN: RV JHN 6:44 · RV JHN 12:32 · RV JHN 18:10 · RV JHN 21:6 · LV JHN 6:44 · LV JHN 12:32 · LV JHN 18:10 · LV JHN 21:6 · Read together JHN 6:44 · Read together JHN 12:32 · Read together JHN 18:10 · Read together JHN 21:6

Sense 2: to drag, to lead by force

Semantic entry: 15.178

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Lead, Bring, Take

Definition: to drag or pull by physical force, often implying resistance

JHN 21:11: RV JHN 21:11 · LV JHN 21:11 · Read together JHN 21:11

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OET-RV JHN 21:11

11 So Shim’on Kefa went and dragged the net up onto the beach. Amazingly it hadn’t torn even though it contained 153 large fish.

OET-LV JHN 21:11

11 Therefore Simōn Petros went _up, and dragged the net to the land full of_ large _fishes a_hundred fifty three, but being so _many, the net was_ not _torn.

ACT 16:19: RV ACT 16:19 · LV ACT 16:19 · Read together ACT 16:19

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OET-RV ACT 16:19

19 But when her masters realised that their profitable business was about to come to an end, they grabbed Paulos and Silas and dragged them to the authorities at the marketplace.

OET-LV ACT 16:19

19 But the masters of _her having _seen that the hope of _the business of _them, going _out, having _taken _hold _of the Paulos and the Silas, they _dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers,

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

JHN: RV JHN 21:11 · LV JHN 21:11 · Read together JHN 21:11

ACT: RV ACT 16:19 · RV ACT 21:30 · LV ACT 16:19 · LV ACT 21:30 · Read together ACT 16:19 · Read together ACT 21:30

JAM: RV JAM 2:6 · LV JAM 2:6 · Read together JAM 2:6

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἕλκω

Form 1

Sense 1: to pull, to drag, to draw

Sense 2: to drag, to lead by force