Strong G621ἀπολείχω
to lick
- Transliteration
- apoleichō
- Pronunciation
- ap-ol-i'-kho
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G575 and λείχω leichō (to lick); to lick clean: - lick.
Detailed definition
ἀπο-λείχω
(for ἐπιλ-, which see),
to lick up: Luk.16:21, Rec.†
(AS)
(for ἐπιλ-, which see),
to lick up: Luk.16:21, Rec.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G621 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- lick1
First verses
- Luke 16:21And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀπολείχω,
lick off, ἕλκη, variant for{ἐπι-}, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.478, cf. Epic. in “Arch.Papyrus” 7.6, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 6.250a, Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” “Oxy.” 221ii33;)] lick clean, with genitive partitive, φόνου[NT (NT.Luke.16.21.)]
lick off, ἕλκη, variant for{ἐπι-}, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.478, cf. Epic. in “Arch.Papyrus” 7.6, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 6.250a, Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” “Oxy.” 221ii33;)] lick clean, with genitive partitive, φόνου[NT (NT.Luke.16.21.)]