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ἀπολείχω

apoleichō

to lick

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Strong’s G621Verb1 time in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Translated as

were licking1

In the text

Luke 16:21ἐπέλειχον
and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

Abbott-Smith

ἀπο-λείχω
(for ἐπιλ-, which see),
to lick up: Luk.16:21, Rec.†
(AS)

Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.