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Strong's #1828: exelko (pronounced ex-el'-ko)

from 1537 and 1670; to drag forth, i.e. (figuratively) to entice (to sin):--draw away.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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exelkō

1) to draw out

2) metaphorically 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 James 1:14, the language of the hunting is transferred to the seduction of a harlot.

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from G1537 and G1670




Usage:

This word is used 1 times:

James 1:14: "But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and"









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