interrogative or indefinite pronoun

hēlikos

Greekἡλίκος (hēlikos)

Strong’sG2245

of what size, how much

stem hēlik-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

how great2×small1×

What it means

* 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, Ja 3:5, Ga 6:11 (WH, mg.; πηλ-, WH, txt., RV).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2245 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhay-lee'-kos

as big as, i.e. (interjectively) how much

Fromfrom ἧλιξ (a comrade, i.e. one of the same age);

King Jameshow (what) great.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	hēlikos	hēlikas	hēlikem1×ἡλίκον	hēlikois	hēlikais	hēlikeim
object accusative	hēlikon1×ἡλίκον	hēlikan1×ἡλίκην		hēlikoin	hēlikain
direct address vocative	hēlikor	hēlikar		hēlikoir	hēlikair
of, belonging to genitive	hēlikou	hēlikau	hēlikeu	hēlikoiu	hēlikaiu	hēlikeiu
to, for dative	hēliko	hēlika	hēlike	hēlikoi	hēlikai	hēlikei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

hēlikstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

hēlik is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

hēlikon“how great”objectaccusative singular1×

Colossians 2:1“how great”Thelamō gar vin oidarē hēlikon agōnon echamō huper vu kai toiu en Laodikeia kai hosois ouk horalē tem prosōpem mu en sarxa,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,

hēlikan“how great”objectaccusative singular1×

James 3:5“how great”houtōs kai tas glōssas mikrem melem atō kai megeim auchatō. Idou hēlikem purem hēlikan hulan anaptatō;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.

hēlikem“small”subject or objectdirect singular1×

James 3:5“small”houtōs kai tas glōssas mikrem melem atō kai megeim auchatō. Idou hēlikem purem hēlikan hulan anaptatō;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.