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Koine Greek wordlink #163006

SR GNT Rev 16:2 ἕλκος (helkos) ‘earth and it became an ulcer evil and evil’ Strongs=16680 Lemma=helkos
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=96 AD

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Only use of identical word form ἕλκος (N-NNS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἕλκος’ (N-NNS) is always and only glossed as ‘an ulcer’.

Rev 16:2 ‘earth and it became an ulcer evil and evil’ SR GNT Rev 16:2 word 16

OET-LV: 2 And went _away the first, and poured _out the bowl of _him on the earth, and it _became an_ulcer evil, and evil on the people which having the mark of _the wild _animal, and the ones prostrating before _the image of _it. (REV_16:2)

OET-RV: 2 So the first messenger went and poured out his bowl on the earth, all the people with the sea creature’s mark and the ones worshipping its image. (REV 16:2)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘helkos’ have 2 different glosses: ‘an ulcer’, ‘ulcers’.

Key: N=noun NNS=nominative,neuter,singular