- Transliteration: Exelko

- Phonetic: ex-el'-ko

- Definition:

1. to draw out

2. metaph. 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 Jas 1:14, the language of the hunting is transferred to the seduction of a harlot.

- Origin: from G1537" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1537 and G1670" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1670

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: From G1537" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1537 and G1670" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1670; to drag forth that is (figuratively) to entice (to sin): - draw away.