1828 – ἐξέλκω (exelko)

draw away

Description

1. To draw out.
2. Metaphor, lure forth: in hunting and fishing as game is lured from its hiding place, so man by lure is allured from the safety of self-restraint to sin. In Jas 1:14, the language of the hunting is transferred to the seduction of a harlot.

Origin

From G1537 and G1670:

Equivalent Hebrew/Aramaic words

In the Greek Septuagint (LXX) translation, the following Hebrew/Aramaic words have been translated into exelko :

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