G2245: ἡλίκος
hēlíkos · “how great?”
Definition
as big as, i.e. (interjectively) how much
KJV translates it as: how (what) great
Word origin: from (a comrade, i.e. one of the same age);
Extended definition
ἡλίκος, -η, -ον
1. prop., as big as, as old as.
2. As indirect interrog., what sized, what, how great, how small (the sense to be determined by the context): Col.2:1, Jas.3:5, Gal.6:11 (WH, mg.; πηλ-, WH, txt., RV).†
(AS)
1. prop., as big as, as old as.
2. As indirect interrog., what sized, what, how great, how small (the sense to be determined by the context): Col.2:1, Jas.3:5, Gal.6:11 (WH, mg.; πηλ-, WH, txt., RV).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G2245 is translated
- how great ×2
- a great ×1
Bible verses with G2245 (hēlíkos)
Hēlíkos appears in 2 verses.
- Colossians 2:1
For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
- James 3:5
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!