interrogative or indefinite pronoun

pēlikos

Greekπηλίκος (pēlikos)

Strong’sG4080

how large, how great

stem pēlik-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

how great1×what large1×

What it means

πηλίκος, -η, -ον,

[in LXX: Za 2:2 (6) (כַּמָּה), IV Mac 15:22*;]

interrog., how large, how great? (prop., of magnitude, as πόσος of quantity): in exclamations, = ἡλίκος (v. Bl., § 51, 4), Ga 6:11; of personal greatness, He 7:4.†

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

Strong’s G4080 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpay-lee'-kos

how much (as an indefinite), i.e. in size or (figuratively) dignity

Froma quantitative form (the feminine) of the base of G4225;

King Jameshow great (large).

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	pēlikos1×πηλίκος	pēlikas	pēlikem	pēlikois	pēlikais	pēlikeim
object accusative	pēlikon	pēlikan		pēlikoin	pēlikain
direct address vocative	pēlikor	pēlikar		pēlikoir	pēlikair
of, belonging to genitive	pēlikou	pēlikau	pēlikeu	pēlikoiu	pēlikaiu	pēlikeiu
to, for dative	pēliko	pēlika	pēlike	pēlikoi	pēlikai	pēlikei1×πηλίκοις

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

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

pēlik 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

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

pēlikos“how great”subjectnominative singular1×

Hebrews 7:4“how great”Theōravōr de pēlikos houtos ho dekatan Abraam dōata ek teiu akrothinieiu tos patriarchos.Consider how great Melchizedek was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder.

pēlikei“what large”to, fordative plural1×

Galatians 6:11“what large”Horavar pēlikei vi grammei grafama ta ēma cheira.See what large letters I am using to write to you with my own hand!