STRONGS NT 1670: ἕλκω
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 alictoribus 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:
See STRONGS NT 1670: ἑλκύω
ἑλκύω, see ἕλκω.
