Strong G2245ἡλίκος
how great?
- Transliteration
- hēlikos
- Pronunciation
- hay-lee'-kos
- Morphology
- Greek Correlative or Interrogative
Definition
From ἧλιξ hēlix (a comrade that is one of the same age); as big as that is (interjectively) how much: - how (what) great.
Detailed definition
ἡλίκος, -η, -ον
1. prop., as big as, as old as.
2. As indirect interrog., what sized, what, how great, how small (the sense to be determined by the context): Col.2:1, Jas.3:5, Gal.6:11 (WH, mg.; πηλ-, WH, txt., RV).†
(AS)
1. prop., as big as, as old as.
2. As indirect interrog., what sized, what, how great, how small (the sense to be determined by the context): Col.2:1, Jas.3:5, Gal.6:11 (WH, mg.; πηλ-, WH, txt., RV).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2245 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- great2
First verses
- Colossians 2:1For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
- James 3:5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἡλίκος [ῐ], η, ον,
as big as, πόσος τις; μικρός, ἡλίκος Μόλων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 55)]; τί τοσοῦτον ὕβρισεν, ἡλίκον..; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.147; τηλικοῦτος, ἡ. οὐδείς πω βασιλεύς [prev. author] 1.9.)]
2 of age, as old as, ἄνδρα.. ἡλίκον Θουκυδίδην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 703)]; τοῖσιν ἡλίκοισι νῷν, ={τηλίκοις ἡλίκοι νώ}, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ec.” 465)]; οἱ ἡλίκοι ἐγώ,= τηλίκοι ἡλίκοι ἐγώ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 180d: rare in Trag., ὁρᾷς μὲν ἡμᾶς, ἡλίκοι..)] of what various ages.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 15.)]
3 in indirect questions, how big, how great, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 23.2, 4th c.BC: Crates Thebanus Poeta Philosophus 18, etc.; ὁρῶν ἡ. ἐστὶ Φίλιππος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.6, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 154b)]; frequently in expressions of wonder, θαυμάσι᾽ ἡλίκα extraordinarily great, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.24; θαυμαστὸν ἡλίκον [prev. author] 24.122; μέγιστα ἡλίκα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 13)]; also, how small, ἰδοὺ ἡλίκον πῦρ ἡλίκην ὕλην ἀνάπτει [NT+4th c.BC+ (NT.Jam.3.5; ἂν ἴδω γὰρ ἡλίκον ἰχθὺν ὅσου τιμῶσι 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 166.6, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 5.)]
4 in exclamations, ἡλίκον λαλεῖς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 40)]. (Compd. of yo-, relative pronoun stem (compare ὅς), and -āli- (compare ἧλιξ), with suffix -κο-; compare πηλίκος, τηλίκος.)
as big as, πόσος τις; μικρός, ἡλίκος Μόλων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 55)]; τί τοσοῦτον ὕβρισεν, ἡλίκον..; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.147; τηλικοῦτος, ἡ. οὐδείς πω βασιλεύς [prev. author] 1.9.)]
2 of age, as old as, ἄνδρα.. ἡλίκον Θουκυδίδην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 703)]; τοῖσιν ἡλίκοισι νῷν, ={τηλίκοις ἡλίκοι νώ}, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ec.” 465)]; οἱ ἡλίκοι ἐγώ,= τηλίκοι ἡλίκοι ἐγώ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 180d: rare in Trag., ὁρᾷς μὲν ἡμᾶς, ἡλίκοι..)] of what various ages.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 15.)]
3 in indirect questions, how big, how great, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 23.2, 4th c.BC: Crates Thebanus Poeta Philosophus 18, etc.; ὁρῶν ἡ. ἐστὶ Φίλιππος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.6, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 154b)]; frequently in expressions of wonder, θαυμάσι᾽ ἡλίκα extraordinarily great, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.24; θαυμαστὸν ἡλίκον [prev. author] 24.122; μέγιστα ἡλίκα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 13)]; also, how small, ἰδοὺ ἡλίκον πῦρ ἡλίκην ὕλην ἀνάπτει [NT+4th c.BC+ (NT.Jam.3.5; ἂν ἴδω γὰρ ἡλίκον ἰχθὺν ὅσου τιμῶσι 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 166.6, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 5.)]
4 in exclamations, ἡλίκον λαλεῖς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 40)]. (Compd. of yo-, relative pronoun stem (compare ὅς), and -āli- (compare ἧλιξ), with suffix -κο-; compare πηλίκος, τηλίκος.)