Greek noun (feminine) · G2244
ἡλικία
helikiahay-lik-ee'-ah
(a); stature
8 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hēlikía
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2244is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2244
maturity (in years or size)
The King James renders it: age, stature.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
helikia is rendered "(a); stature". It stands 8 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Three of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "(a)".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 6:27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
Matthew 6:27ἡλικίαν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's eight uses are in Luke.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: (a), and stature.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| (a) | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 6:27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? |
| statureLuk.19:3 (Mat.6:27 | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 6:27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἡλίκος | helikos | how great? | Uses3 |
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἡλικίαν4
- ἡλικίᾳ2
- ἡλικίας2
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular4N-ASF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular2N-DSF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular2N-GSF
Matthew
one use
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
- ἡλικίανhelikiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: lifespan
Luke
three uses
And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
- ἡλικίᾳhelikianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: stature
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
- ἡλικίανhelikiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: lifespan
He was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not see over the crowd because he was small in stature.
- ἡλικίᾳhelikianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: in stature
John
two uses
But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”
- ἡλικίανhelikiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: age
That was why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”
- ἡλικίανhelikiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Age
Ephesians
one use
until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.
- ἡλικίαςhelikiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of stature
Hebrews
one use
By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.
- ἡλικίαςhelikiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: age
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.