ἕλκω (and in later writings
ἑλκύω also [Veitch, under the word; Winer's Grammar, 86 (82)]); imperfect
εἷλκον (
Acts 21:30); future
ἑλκύσω [
ἑλκ.
Rec.elz John 12:32]; 1 aorist
εἵλκυσα ([infinitive (
John 21:6)
ἑλκύσαι Rbez elz L T WH,
-κύσαι R
st G Tr]; cf.
Bttm. Ausf. Spr. § 114, vol. ii., p. 171; Krüger § 40, under the word; [
Lob. Paralip., p. 35f; Veitch, under the word]); from Homer down;
Sept. for
מָשַׁך;
to draw;
1. properly:
τὸ δίκτυον,
John 21:6, 11;
μάχαιραν,
i. e. unsheathe,
John 18:10 (Sophocles Ant. 1208 (1233), etc.);
τινά, a person forcibly and against his will (our
drag, drag off),
ἔξω τοῦ ἱεροῦ,
Acts 21:30;
εἰς τὴν ἀγοράν,
Acts 16:19;
εἰς κριτήρια,
James 2:6 (
πρὸς τὸν δῆμον, Aristophanes eqq. 710; and in Latin, as Caesar b. g. 1, 53 (54, 4)
cum trinis catenis vinctus traheretur, Livy 2, 27
cum a lictoribus jam traheretur).
2. metaphorically,
to draw by inward power, lead, impel:
John 6:44 (so in Greek also; as
ἐπιθυμίας...
ἑλκουσης ἐπὶ ἡδονάς, Plato, Phaedr., p. 238 a.;
ὑπὸ τῆς ἡδονῆς ἑλκόμενοι, Aelian h. a. 6, 31; likewise 4 Macc. 14:13; 15:8 (4 Macc 15:11).
trahit sua quemque voluptas, Vergil, ecl. 2, 65);
πάντας ἑλκύσω πρὸς ἐμαυτόν, I by my moral, my spiritual, influence will win over to myself the hearts of all,
John 12:32. Cf. Meyer on
John 6:44; [Trench, § 21,
Compare: ἐξέλκω.]
Related entry:
ἑλκύω, see ἕλκω.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Ecclesiastes
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2
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John
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6:44; 6:44; 12:32; 12:32; 18:10; 21:6; 21:6; 21:11
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Acts
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16:19; 21:30; 21:30
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James
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2:6
