helkamō

ἕλκω
(ἑλκύω late, Refs 8th c.BC+, imperfect
A εἷλκον Refs 4th c.BC+, Epic dialect ἕλκον Refs 8th c.BC+: future ἕλξω Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist εἵλκῠσα Refs 5th c.BC+, Trag. and Attic dialect, Refs 5th c.BC+; later εἷλξα, poetry ἕλξα Refs 2nd c.AD+: perfect εἵλκῠκα Refs 4th c.BC+; perfect participle ἑολκώς probably in Refs 5th c.BC+ —middle, future -ύσομαι (ἐφ-) Refs 2nd c.AD+aorist εἱλκυσάμην (ἀφ-) variant in Refs 5th c.BC+, subjunctive ἀφελκύσωμαι Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, future ἑλκυσθήσομαι Refs 4th c.BC+: aorist εἱλκύσθην Refs 5th c.BC+; later εἵλχθην Refs 1st c.AD+: perfect εἵλκυσμαι Refs 5th c.BC+: pluperfect εἵλκυστο Refs 5th c.BC+ —In _Attic dialect_, ἕλκω, ἕλξω were alone used in present and future, while the other tenses were formed from ἑλκυ-; compare ἑλκέω (which see), ἑλκυστάζω. In Refs 8th c.BC+ rejected the augment (Cf. Latin sulcus, Lithuanian velkù 'drag'):— draw, drag, with collateralnotion of force or exertion, ὣς εἰπὼν ποδὸς ἕλκε began to drag [the dead body] by the foot, Refs 8th c.BC+; drag away a prisoner, Refs; draw ships down to the sea, Refs, etc.; draw along a felled tree, Refs; of mules, draw a chariot, Refs; ἑλκέμεναι νειοῖο.. πηκτὸν ἄροτρον draw the plough through the field, Refs 5th c.BC+; περιβαλόντας σχοινία ἕ. haul at them, Refs
A.2 draw after one, ἐν δ᾽ ἔπεσ᾽ Ὠκεανῷ.. φάος ἠελίοιο, ἕλκον νύκτα μέλαιναν Refs 8th c.BC+; πέδας ἕ. trail fetters after one, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἕ. χλανίδα let one's cloak trail behind, Refs 5th c.BC+
A.3 tear in pieces (used by Refs 8th c.BC+; worry, τὰς κύνας ὥλαφος ἕλκοι Refs 5th c.BC+
A.3.b metaphorically, carp at, Refs 5th c.BC+
A.4 draw a bow, ἕλκε.. γλυφίδας τε λαβὼν καὶ νεῦρα βόεια Refs 8th c.BC+
A.5 draw a sword, Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, ἕλκετο δ᾽ ἐκ κολεοῖο.. ξίφος Refs 8th c.BC+
A.6 ἕ. ἱστία hoist sails, Refs 8th c.BC+:—also in middle,Refs
A.7 lift up scales, so as to poise them, ἕλκε δὲ μέσσα λαβών Refs 8th c.BC+
A.II after Refs 8th c.BC+
A.II.1 pull a barge-pole, Refs 5th c.BC+
A.II.2 tow a ship, Refs 5th c.BC+
A.II.3 drag into court, ἕλκω σε κλητεύσοντα Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰς ἀγοράν NT; drag about, especially with lewd violence, ἕλκει καὶ βιάζεται Refs 5th c.BC+; also ἥλκυσμαι λαμπαδάρχης I have been compelled to serve as λ., Refs
A.II.4 draw or suck up, [ἥλιος] ἕλκει τὸ ὕδωρ ἐπ᾽ ἑωυτόν Refs 5th c.BC+; ἕ. τὸν ἀέρα draw it in, breathe it, Refs 5th c.BC+; especially of persons drinking, drink in long draughts, quaff, μέθυ Refs 5th c.BC+; τὴν.. τοῦ Πραμνίου [σπονδήν] Refs 5th c.BC+; οἶνον ἐκ.. λεπαστῆς TeleclRefs 4th c.BC+: with accusative of the cup, δέπας μεστὸν.. ἕλκουσι γνάθοις ἀπαύστοις Refs 4th c.BC+; so ἕ. μαστόν suck it, Refs 5th c.BC+; inhale, ὀσμήν Refs 3rd c.BC+; of roots, draw up nourishment, Refs 4th c.BC+
A.II.5 draw from a receptacle, ἐξ ἑκάστου κιβωτίου πινάκιον ἕν Refs 4th c.BC+
A.II.6 ἕ. βίοτον, ζόαν, drag out a weary life, Refs 5th c.BC+; προφάσιας ἕ. keep making excuses, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἕ. χρόνους make long, in prosody, Refs 3rd c.AD+ that the conflict dragged on, lasted, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, τῶν ἐγκλημάτων εἱκλυσμένων πλείονα χρόνον Refs 2nd c.BC+; also of a person, ἑλκόμενος καὶ μόγις Refs 5th c.BC+
A.II.7 ἕ. κόρδακα dance in long, measured steps, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἓν τουτὶ (σχῆμα) Refs
A.II.8 draw to oneself, attract, of the magnet, Refs 5th c.BC+; πείθειν καὶ ἑ. Refs 5th c.BC+; draw on, ἐπὶ ἡδονάς Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, to be drawn on as by a spell, ἴυγγι δ᾽ ἕλκομαι ἦτορ Refs 5th c.BC+
A.II.9 of things weighed, ἕ. σταθμὸν τάλαντα δέκα draw down the balance, i.e. weigh ten talents, Refs 5th c.BC+ whatever it weigh, Refs 5th c.BC+; πλεῖον ἕ. Refs 5th c.BC+
A.II.9.b ἕ. τὰς ψήφους cast up the account, Refs 3rd c.BC+
A.II.10 draw or derive from a source, ἐντεῦθεν εἵλκυσεν ἐπὶ τὴν.. τέχνην τὸ πρός φορον αὐτῇ Refs 5th c.BC+; assume, μείζω φαντασίαν Refs 2nd c.BC+
A.II.11 ἑλκύσαι πλίνθους make bricks, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἕ. λάγανον Chrysipp. Tyan. cited in Refs 2nd c.AD+
A.II.12 αἱ θυρίδες ἕλκουσι the win dows draw in air, Refs 4th c.BC+
A.II.13 ἕ. ἑαυτόν, expressing some kind of athletic exercise, Refs 5th c.BC+
B middle, ἕ. χαίτας ἐκ κεφαλῆς tear one's hair, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἀσσοτέρω πυρὸς ἕλκετο δίφρον drew his chair nearer to the fire, Refs 8th c.BC+
B.2 draw to oneself, scrape up, amass, τιμάς, ἄφενος ἕλκεσθαι, Refs 6th c.BC+
B.3 ἕλκεσθαι στάθμας περισσᾶς in Refs 5th c.BC+, means literal, to drag at too great a line, i.e.grasp more than one's due-- but whence the metaphor is taken remains unexplained.
C passive, to be drawn or wrenched, νῶτα.. ἑλκόμενα στερεῶς, of wrestlers, Refs 8th c.BC+; of the nails, to be curved, Refs 5th c.BC+; to close in when the core is removed, of the timber of certain trees, Refs 4th c.BC+
C.2 to be drawn or to flow at a place, of streams, Refs 3rd c.BC+
C.3 to be drawn or contracted, εἱλκύσθη ἐπὶ τὰ δεξιὰ τράχηλος Refs 5th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.