Lexical Summary exelkō: to draw out or away Original Word: ἐξέλκωTransliteration: exelkō Phonetic Spelling: (ex-el'-ko) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to draw out or away Meaning: to draw out or away Strong's Concordance draw away. From ek and helkuo; to drag forth, i.e. (figuratively) to entice (to sin) -- draw away. see GREEK ek see GREEK helkuo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1828: ἐξέλκωἐξέλκω: (present passive participle ἐξελκόμενος); to draw out, (Homer, Pindar, Attic writings); metaphorically, equivalent to to lure forth (A. V. draw away): ὑπό τῆς ... ἐπιθυμίας ἐξελκόμενος, James 1:14, where the metaphor is taken from hunting and fishing: as game is lured from its covert, so man by lust is allured from the safety of self-restraint to sin. (The language of hunting seems to be transferred here (so elsewhere, cf. Wetstein (1752) at the passage) to the seductions of a harlot, personated by ἐπιθυμία; see τίκτω.) |
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