Helkos denotes bodily lesions or sores, including the grievous affliction described in Revelation.

The attested use denotes bodily sores or lesions: plural forms describe Lazarus's condition and the afflictions connected with refusal to repent, while the singular identifies an evil and grievous bodily affliction.

1. Bodily sores and lesions · dominant

   In Luke 16:21, the accusative plural occurs in the clause where dogs lick Lazarus's bodily condition; the APB renders the verse with “his sores.” In Revelation 16:11, the genitive plural is named alongside travails, and in Revelation 16:2 the nominative singular is the evil and grievous condition that came upon those bearing the wild animal's mark; the APB renders these clauses with “their sores” and “an evil and grievous sore.”

   Luke 16:21Revelation 16:11Revelation 16:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the term with “sores,” using plural wording in Luke 16:21 and Revelation 16:11 and singular wording in Revelation 16:2. These renderings confirm the clauses' bodily-affliction context rather than establish finer distinctions.