Lexicon hélikos: how great, how small Original Word: ἡλίκος, η, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: hélikos Phonetic Spelling: (hay-lee'-kos) Short Definition: of what size, how much Definition: of which size, of what size, how small, how much. HELPS word-Studies 2245 hēlíkos (from hēlix, "adult comrade") – properly, fully grown (adult); (figuratively) "great" by "coming of age," i.e. fully grown ("grown up"). See also 5082 /tēlikoútos ("so great"). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originakin to root of hélikiaDefinitionhow great, how small NASB Translationhow great (2), such a small (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2245: ἡλίκοςἡλίκος, ἡλικη, ἡλίκον ( ἧλιξ, see ἡλικία), properly, as old as, as tall as; universally, (Latin quantus): how great, Colossians 2:1; James 3:5 (cf. Buttmann, 253 (217)); how small ( Lucian, Hermot. 5), ἡλίκον πῦρ, James 3:5 L T Tr WH ( Buttmann, the passage cited).
Strong's how great. From helix (a comrade, i.e. One of the same age); as big as, i.e. (interjectively) how much -- how (what) great. |
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