ἡλίκος

hēlikos

how great?

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Strong’s G2245Correlative pronoun3 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

James2

Colossians1

Translated as

how great2

a great1

In the text

Colossians 2:1ἡλίκον
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,
James 3:5ἡλίκον
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.

Abbott-Smith

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).†
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Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.