- Original: ἐξέλκω
- Transliteration: Exelko
- Phonetic: ex-el'-ko
- Definition:
1. to draw out
2. metaph. 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 Jam 1:14, the language of the hunting is transferred to the seduction of a harlot.
- Origin: from
G1537 and
G1670
- TDNT entry: None
- Part(s) of speech: Verb
- Strong's: From
G1537 and
G1670 ; to drag forth that is (figuratively) to entice (to sin): - draw away.
Total KJV Occurrences: 1
• away, 1
Jam 1:14