ΗΛΙΚΗΝ, ηλικην
ĒLIKĒN, ēlikēn
Sounds Like: hay-LEE-kane
Translations: how great, how large, how old, how much, how far
From the root: ΗΛΙΚΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an interrogative or exclamatory adjective, meaning 'how great', 'how large', or 'how old'. It is used to express the extent, size, or age of something. For example, it can be used in questions like 'How great is this?' or in exclamations like 'How great a thing!' It agrees in gender, number, and case with the noun it modifies.
Inflection: Accusative, Singular, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2245 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- James — 3:5
Pseudo Clement of Rome
- Clement’s Second Letter — 10:4
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- James — 3:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΗΛΙΚΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΗΛΙΚΑ — how great, how large, how old, of what age, of what size, how great things, how large things
- ΗΛΙΚΑΣ — of the same age, equal in age, of the same size, equal in size, of the same standing, equal in standing
- ΗΛΙΚΗ — how great, how large, how old, of what age, of what size, a how great (thing)
- ΗΛΙΚΗΣ — of how great, of how large, of what age, of what size
- ΗΛΙΚΟΙ — how great, how large, how old, of what age, of what size
- ΗΛΙΚΟΝ — how great, how large, how old, of what age, how much, a how great thing, a how large thing
- ΗΛΙΚΟΝἈΝ — how great, how large, how old, how much, how many
- ΗΛΙΚΟΝΑΝ — how great, how large, how old, how much, how many
- ΗΛΙΚΟΣ — how great, how large, how old, how much, what a size
- ΗΛΙΚΟΥΣ — how great, how large, how old, how much
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