ἡλίκος
hēlíkos · G2245 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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how extensive, how large, how small
An interrogative of size occurring in indirect questions
ExamplesJames 3:5 So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things. See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!
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how, very, how great, how much, intense, severe
A relatively high point on a scale involving exclamation
ExamplesColossians 2:1 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have in your behalf and for those who are at Laodicea, and for all those who have not personally seen my face,
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- πόσος pósos · G4214 · how many, how much, how extensive
- The target term ἡλίκος and πόσος (“how much,” large, long, or many) are both interrogative pronouns measuring extent or magnitude, genuinely converging in the sense of “how great, how much”; the target leans toward qualitative size, πόσος toward quantitative amount — a subtle distinction within a shared measuring-magnitude function.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- How, very, how great, how much, intense, severe78.13
- In Colossians 2:1, Paul writes, “I want you to know how great a struggle I have in your behalf and for those who are at Laodicea,” using this word for something intense or severe.
- How extensive, how large, how small79.127
- In James 3:5, believers are told, “See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!” using this word for how extensive or far-reaching an effect can be.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἡλικη, ἡλίκον (ἧλιξ, see ἡλικία), properly, as old as, as tall as; universally,…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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