demonstrative
tēlikoutos
Strong’sG5082
so great
stem tēlikout-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books4 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
* τηλικοῦτος, -αύτη, -οῦτο
(altern. of τηλικόσδε, -ήδε, -όνδε, strengthened form of τηλίκος), [in LXX: II Mac 12:3, III Mac 3:9, IV Mac 16:4 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5082 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
and τηλῐκοῦτος, αύτη, οῦτον (also τηλικοῦτος as feminine, Refs 5th c.BC+; and -οῦτο in neuter, Refs 2nd c.AD+, strengthened forms of τηλίκος (as ὅδε, οὗτος of ὁ, τημοῦτος of τῆμος,
A see at {οὗτος} A); the latter being more common in Prose:
A.I of persons, of such an age, usually meaning so old, with a participle, τηλικόσδ᾽ ὤν Refs 5th c.BC+participle, τηλικόσδε, τηλικοῦτος, Refs 5th c.BC+; νοῦς τηλικοῦτος the mind of one so old as he is, Refs 5th c.BC+
A.I.2 of degrees of youth, so young, τηλικάσδ᾽ ὁρῶν πάντων ἐρήμους girls of so tender age, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀεί σε κηδεύουσα.. τηλικοῦτοςRefs 5th c.BC+
A.I.3 repeated in opposed to senses, οἱ τηλικοίδε καὶ διδαξόμεσθα δὴ φρονεῖν ὑπ᾽ ἀνδρὸς τηλικοῦδε τὴν φύσι; shall we old as we are take lessons forsooth from one so young? Refs 5th c.BC+; σὺ ἐμοῦ σοφώτερος εἶ τηλικούτου ὄντος τηλικόσδε ὤν you though so young are wiser than I though so old, Refs 5th c.BC+
A.II so great, so large, ={τόσος, τοσόσδε, ἐμὲ τηλικόνδε ὄντα} the size I am, Refs 3rd c.BC+; τὰ τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀνὴρ τ. ὤν being so great, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ τ. ἀρχή, τ. ἔχθρα, Refs 5th c.BC+; τ. κακά, τ. ἀγαθόν, Refs 5th c.BC+; τ. [ἀδικήματα] Refs 5th c.BC+ —τηλικοῦτος is frequently conjoined with τοιοῦτος and τοσοῦτος, νησύδρια τοιαῦτα καὶ τ. so small, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | tēlikoutos1×τηλικοῦτος | tēlikoutas | tēlikoutem | tēlikoutois | tēlikoutais | tēlikouteim1×τηλικαῦτα |
| object accusative | tēlikouton | tēlikoutan | tēlikoutoin | tēlikoutain | ||
| direct address vocative | tēlikoutor | tēlikoutar | tēlikoutoir | tēlikoutair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | tēlikoutou1×τηλικούτου | tēlikoutau1×τηλικαύτης | tēlikouteu | tēlikoutoiu | tēlikoutaiu | tēlikouteiu |
| to, for dative | tēlikouto | tēlikouta | tēlikoute | tēlikoutoi | tēlikoutai | tēlikoutei |
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
tēlikout 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
tēlikoutos“so great”subjectnominative singular1×
Revelation 16:18“so great”… hou anthrōpois genela epi tau gēau tēlikoutos seismos houtōs megos,… occurred since men were upon the earth — so mighty was the great quake.
tēlikoutou“so great”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
2 Corinthians 1:10“so great”hos ek tēlikoutou thanatou rueta nin kai rueti, eis …He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In …
tēlikoutau“so great”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Hebrews 2:3“so great”pōs nis ekfeugeni tēlikoutau amelarantois sōtērēau, hotinas, archan labarantas lalorō …how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by …
tēlikouteim“so large”subject or objectdirect plural1×
James 3:4idou kai teim ploieim, tēlikouteim arōnteim kai hupo anemoiu sklēroiu elaunorōnteim, …… ships as well. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds …