Greek q · G2245
ἡλίκος
helikoshay-lee'-kos
prop., as big as, as old as.; As indirect interrog.
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hēlíkos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2245is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2245
as big as, i.e. (interjectively) how much
The King James renders it: how (what) great.
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
helikos is rendered "prop., as big as, as old as.; As indirect interrog.". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in James, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "prop., as big as, as old as.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Colossians 2:1For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me face to face,
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me face to face,
Colossians 2:1ἡλίκον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's three uses are in James.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: prop., as big as, as old as., and As indirect interrog..
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| prop., as big as, as old as. | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereColossians 2:1For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea… |
| As indirect interrog.what sized | Tagged as
| WhereGalatians 6:11See what large letters I am using to write to you with my own hand! |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἡλικία | helikia | age/height | Uses8 |
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 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
- ἡλίκον2
- ἡλίκην1
The grammar of each form
- question word · accusative (object) · feminine singular1I-ASF
- question word · accusative (object) · masculine singular1I-ASM
- question word · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1I-NSN
Colossians
one use
For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me face to face,
- ἡλίκονhelikonquestion word · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: how great
James
two uses
In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.
- ἡλίκονhelikonquestion word · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: a great
- ἡλίκηνhelikenquestion word · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: how great
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.