Strong G4080πηλίκος
how great
- Transliteration
- pēlikos
- Pronunciation
- pay-lee'-kos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
A quantitative form (the feminine) of the base of G4225; how much (as indefinite) that is in size or (figuratively) dignity: - how great (large).
Detailed definition
πηλίκος, -η, -ον
[in LXX: Zec.2:2 (6) (כָּמַהּ), 4Ma.15:22 *;]
interrog., how large, how great ? (prop., of magnitude, as πόσος of quantity): in exclamations, = ἡλίκος (see Bl., § 51, 4), Gal.6:11; of personal greatness, Heb.7:4.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Zec.2:2 (6) (כָּמַהּ), 4Ma.15:22 *;]
interrog., how large, how great ? (prop., of magnitude, as πόσος of quantity): in exclamations, = ἡλίκος (see Bl., § 51, 4), Gal.6:11; of personal greatness, Heb.7:4.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4080 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- great1
- large1
First verses
- Galatians 6:11Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand.
- Hebrews 7:4Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πηλίκ-ος [ῐ], η, ον,
interrogative correlative to τηλίκος, ἡλίκος, how great or large? πηλίκη τις ἔσται ἡ γραμμή; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 82d, compare 83e)]; πηλίκον τινὰ οἴεσθε μέγεθο; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 82)]; after τηλικοῦτος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.284)]; πόσα καὶ πηλίκα of what number and magnitude, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.2.8: with _Article_, ὁ πηλίκος)]; quantulus? [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 69.4)]; τὸ π. magnitude, opposed to τὸ ποσόν (quantity), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Nicomachus Gerasenus Mathematicus “Arithmetica Introductio” 1.2; ὁ χρόνος.. ἐστὶ μῖγμα πηλίκου καὶ ποσοῦ 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 371)]. adverb -κως [Refs (Hdn.Gr. 2.925.)]
II of what age, π. ἦσθ᾽ ὅθ᾽ ὁ Μῆδος ἀφίκετ; [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 22.5.)]
II.2 indefinite, of a certain age, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1134b11)]: comparative -ώτερος, falsa lectio for{ἀπηλικέστερος}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 2.11.)]
interrogative correlative to τηλίκος, ἡλίκος, how great or large? πηλίκη τις ἔσται ἡ γραμμή; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 82d, compare 83e)]; πηλίκον τινὰ οἴεσθε μέγεθο; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 82)]; after τηλικοῦτος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.284)]; πόσα καὶ πηλίκα of what number and magnitude, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.2.8: with _Article_, ὁ πηλίκος)]; quantulus? [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 69.4)]; τὸ π. magnitude, opposed to τὸ ποσόν (quantity), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Nicomachus Gerasenus Mathematicus “Arithmetica Introductio” 1.2; ὁ χρόνος.. ἐστὶ μῖγμα πηλίκου καὶ ποσοῦ 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 371)]. adverb -κως [Refs (Hdn.Gr. 2.925.)]
II of what age, π. ἦσθ᾽ ὅθ᾽ ὁ Μῆδος ἀφίκετ; [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 22.5.)]
II.2 indefinite, of a certain age, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1134b11)]: comparative -ώτερος, falsa lectio for{ἀπηλικέστερος}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 2.11.)]