ἕλκω
helkuō, helkō
“to draw/persuade”
Definition
to drag (literally or figuratively)
probably akin to G138 (αἱρέομαι);
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
G:V
Greek Verb
Occurrences
ἕλκω appears 8 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
When the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.
The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw everyone to Myself.”
Then Simon Peter drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.
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