Strong G2244ἡλικία
age/height
- Transliteration
- hēlikia
- Pronunciation
- hay-lik-ee'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From the same as G2245; maturity (in years or size): - age stature.
Detailed definition
ἡλικία, -ας, ἡ
(ἧλιξ, of the same age, mature), [in LXX: Eze.13:18 (קוֹמָה), Job.29:18, Wis.4:9, Sir.26:17, frequently in 2-4 Mac;]
always of age or maturity; "a stage of growth whether measured by age or stature";
1. (a) age: Mat.6:27, Luk.12:25 (R, mg.), Heb.11:11;
__(b) full age, maturity: Jhn.9:21, 23, Eph.4:13.
2. stature: Luk.19:3 (Mat.6:27, Luk.12:25, AV, R, txt.; but the prevailing usage in LXX and π. favours the former meaning in these doubtful passages; cf., Ellic., ICC, AR, on Eph, l.with; Milligan, NTD, 74 f., and esp., MM, Exp., xv; e contra, Field, Notes, 6).†
(AS)
(ἧλιξ, of the same age, mature), [in LXX: Eze.13:18 (קוֹמָה), Job.29:18, Wis.4:9, Sir.26:17, frequently in 2-4 Mac;]
always of age or maturity; "a stage of growth whether measured by age or stature";
1. (a) age: Mat.6:27, Luk.12:25 (R, mg.), Heb.11:11;
__(b) full age, maturity: Jhn.9:21, 23, Eph.4:13.
2. stature: Luk.19:3 (Mat.6:27, Luk.12:25, AV, R, txt.; but the prevailing usage in LXX and π. favours the former meaning in these doubtful passages; cf., Ellic., ICC, AR, on Eph, l.with; Milligan, NTD, 74 f., and esp., MM, Exp., xv; e contra, Field, Notes, 6).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2244 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- stature5
- age3
First verses
- Matthew 6:27Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
- Luke 2:52And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
- Luke 12:25And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
- Luke 19:3And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.
- John 9:21But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.
- John 9:23Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.
- Ephesians 4:13Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
- Hebrews 11:11Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἡλῐκί-α,
Ionic dialect ἡλικίη, Doric dialect ἁλικία, ἡ, (ἧλιξ) time of life, age, ἤν πως ἡλικίην αἰδέσσεται ἠδ᾽ ἐλεήσῃ γῆρας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.419; γηραιὸν μέρος ἁλικίας 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.157; παρὰ τὸν ἁλικίας ἐοικότα χρόνον [prev. author] “O.” 4.29)]; τήνδ᾽ ἡ. ἀστῶν, i.e. their old age, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 914)]: accusative used adverbially, in age, νέος ἡλικίην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.134; ἐτέων ἐὼν ἡλικίην πέντε καὶ τριήκοντα [prev. author] 1.26, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 2.3)]: so in dative, ἡλικίᾳ ἔτι τότε ὢν νέος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.43)]; προεληλυθότες ταῖς ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.1.4)]; also ὑπὸ τῆς ἡ. from our age, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 180d; αἱ δι᾽ ἡλικίαν ἄτοκοι [prev. author] “Tht.” 149c)]; οἱ ἐν τῇ αὐτῆ ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.80)]; τὸ ἀχρεῖον τῆς ἡ. [Refs ([prev. author] 2.44)]; ὅταν.. τοῦ γεννᾶν ἐκβῶσι τὴν ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 461b)]; πόρρω τῆς ἡ. to an advanced age, [Refs ([prev. author] “Grg.” 484c)]; προήκων ἐς βαθὺ τῆς ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 514)]; προϊούσης τῆς ἡ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 279a)]; ὁ παρ᾽ ἡλικίαν νοῦς beyond one's age, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 690: in _plural_, ἐν ἁπάσαις ταῖς ἡ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 412e, compare “Lg.” 625b, +others)]
2 prime of life, manhood, ἐν ἁλικίᾳ πρώτᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.42; αὐτὴ ἡ ἡ. τῶν νέων κατέκρινε 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.4.2)]; ἡλικίαν ἔχειν, εἰς ἡ. ἐλθεῖν, ἀφικέσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 306d, “Tht.” 142d, “Men.” 89b)]; ἡλικίην ἔχειν with infinitive, to be of fit age for doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.209, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 146b; ἡλικίας μετέχειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.60)]; οἱ ἐν τῇ ἡλικίᾳ men of military age, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.75; ἐν ἡλικίᾳ στρατεύεσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.7; ἐστρατευμένος ἁπάσας τὰς ἐν ἡλικίᾳ στρατείας [prev. author] 21.95; οἱ τῆς ἡ. ἐντὸς γεγονότες 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.50)]; ἡ καθεστηκυῖα ἡ. maturity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.36, compare “IG” 12(7).239.21 (from Amorgos))]; of women, womanhood, marriageable age, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.30, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.22; αἱ ἐν ἡ. γυναῖκες 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 461b; τὴν ἡλικίαν τὴν ἑαντοῦ καταμεμψάμενος 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.14: in _plural_, οἱ ταῖς ἡ. οὐ καλῶς κεχρημένοι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.194.)]
3 youthful passion, ἡλικίῃ καὶ θυμῷ ἐπιτρέπειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.36; εἴκειν [prev. author] 7.18.)]
4 maidenhood, τὴν ἡ. οὐ καλῶς διαφυλάξασαν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.182.)]
II as collective Noun,= οἱ ἥλικες, those of the same age, comrades, ὃς ἡλικίην ἐκέκαστο ἔγχεϊ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.808, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.74)]; especially those of military age, τῆς ἡ. ἀπούσης ἐν ταῖς ναυσί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.49, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.67, 8.1, etc.)]; also, men of any age, παίδων τε καὶ ἀνδρῶν καὶ πάσης ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 959e.)]
III time, ταῦτα ἡλικίην ἂν εἴη κατὰ Λάϊον about the time of Laius, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.59, compare 60, 71; ἡ. τετρακοσίοισι ἔτεσι.. πρεσβυτέρους [prev. author] 2.53.)]
IV age, generation, ἐπὶ τῆς νῦν ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.167)]; πρὸ τῆς ἡμετέρας ἡ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.38)]; εἰς τὴν νῦν ζῶσαν ἡ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 60.11)]; πολλαῖς ἔμπροσθεν ἡ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 27, compare 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 5.37.)]
V of the body, stature, as a sign of age, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.16, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 271b, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 40.56; τῇ ἡ. μικρός NT.Luke.19.3 (but προσθεῖναι ἐπὶ τὴν ἡ. πῆχυν ἕνα)] add a cubit to one's age (compare πήχυιος), [NT (NT.Matt.6.27))]; ἄνδρας ἡμισταδιαίους τὰς ἡ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 1.40)]; height of a pillar, [Refs ([prev. author] “Syr.D.” 28.)]
Ionic dialect ἡλικίη, Doric dialect ἁλικία, ἡ, (ἧλιξ) time of life, age, ἤν πως ἡλικίην αἰδέσσεται ἠδ᾽ ἐλεήσῃ γῆρας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.419; γηραιὸν μέρος ἁλικίας 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.157; παρὰ τὸν ἁλικίας ἐοικότα χρόνον [prev. author] “O.” 4.29)]; τήνδ᾽ ἡ. ἀστῶν, i.e. their old age, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 914)]: accusative used adverbially, in age, νέος ἡλικίην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.134; ἐτέων ἐὼν ἡλικίην πέντε καὶ τριήκοντα [prev. author] 1.26, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 2.3)]: so in dative, ἡλικίᾳ ἔτι τότε ὢν νέος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.43)]; προεληλυθότες ταῖς ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.1.4)]; also ὑπὸ τῆς ἡ. from our age, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 180d; αἱ δι᾽ ἡλικίαν ἄτοκοι [prev. author] “Tht.” 149c)]; οἱ ἐν τῇ αὐτῆ ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.80)]; τὸ ἀχρεῖον τῆς ἡ. [Refs ([prev. author] 2.44)]; ὅταν.. τοῦ γεννᾶν ἐκβῶσι τὴν ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 461b)]; πόρρω τῆς ἡ. to an advanced age, [Refs ([prev. author] “Grg.” 484c)]; προήκων ἐς βαθὺ τῆς ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 514)]; προϊούσης τῆς ἡ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 279a)]; ὁ παρ᾽ ἡλικίαν νοῦς beyond one's age, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 690: in _plural_, ἐν ἁπάσαις ταῖς ἡ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 412e, compare “Lg.” 625b, +others)]
2 prime of life, manhood, ἐν ἁλικίᾳ πρώτᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.42; αὐτὴ ἡ ἡ. τῶν νέων κατέκρινε 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.4.2)]; ἡλικίαν ἔχειν, εἰς ἡ. ἐλθεῖν, ἀφικέσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 306d, “Tht.” 142d, “Men.” 89b)]; ἡλικίην ἔχειν with infinitive, to be of fit age for doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.209, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 146b; ἡλικίας μετέχειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.60)]; οἱ ἐν τῇ ἡλικίᾳ men of military age, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.75; ἐν ἡλικίᾳ στρατεύεσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.7; ἐστρατευμένος ἁπάσας τὰς ἐν ἡλικίᾳ στρατείας [prev. author] 21.95; οἱ τῆς ἡ. ἐντὸς γεγονότες 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.50)]; ἡ καθεστηκυῖα ἡ. maturity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.36, compare “IG” 12(7).239.21 (from Amorgos))]; of women, womanhood, marriageable age, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.30, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.22; αἱ ἐν ἡ. γυναῖκες 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 461b; τὴν ἡλικίαν τὴν ἑαντοῦ καταμεμψάμενος 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.14: in _plural_, οἱ ταῖς ἡ. οὐ καλῶς κεχρημένοι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.194.)]
3 youthful passion, ἡλικίῃ καὶ θυμῷ ἐπιτρέπειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.36; εἴκειν [prev. author] 7.18.)]
4 maidenhood, τὴν ἡ. οὐ καλῶς διαφυλάξασαν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.182.)]
II as collective Noun,= οἱ ἥλικες, those of the same age, comrades, ὃς ἡλικίην ἐκέκαστο ἔγχεϊ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.808, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.74)]; especially those of military age, τῆς ἡ. ἀπούσης ἐν ταῖς ναυσί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.49, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.67, 8.1, etc.)]; also, men of any age, παίδων τε καὶ ἀνδρῶν καὶ πάσης ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 959e.)]
III time, ταῦτα ἡλικίην ἂν εἴη κατὰ Λάϊον about the time of Laius, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.59, compare 60, 71; ἡ. τετρακοσίοισι ἔτεσι.. πρεσβυτέρους [prev. author] 2.53.)]
IV age, generation, ἐπὶ τῆς νῦν ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.167)]; πρὸ τῆς ἡμετέρας ἡ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.38)]; εἰς τὴν νῦν ζῶσαν ἡ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 60.11)]; πολλαῖς ἔμπροσθεν ἡ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 27, compare 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 5.37.)]
V of the body, stature, as a sign of age, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.16, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 271b, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 40.56; τῇ ἡ. μικρός NT.Luke.19.3 (but προσθεῖναι ἐπὶ τὴν ἡ. πῆχυν ἕνα)] add a cubit to one's age (compare πήχυιος), [NT (NT.Matt.6.27))]; ἄνδρας ἡμισταδιαίους τὰς ἡ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 1.40)]; height of a pillar, [Refs ([prev. author] “Syr.D.” 28.)]