Quick Definition
how large, how great
Strong's Definition
how much (as an indefinite), i.e. in size or (figuratively) dignity
Derivation: a quantitative form (the feminine) of the base of G4225 (πού);
KJV Usage: how great (large)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πηλίκος, πηλικη, πηλίκον (from ἧλιξ (?)), interrogative, how great, how large: in a material reference (denoting geometrical magnitude as disting. from arithmetical, πόσος) (Plato, Men., p. 82 d.; p. 83 e.; Ptolemy, 1, 3, 3; Zec_2:2,(6)), Gal_6:11, where cf. Winer, Rückert, Hilgenfeld (Hackett in B. D. American edition under the word ; but see Lightfoot or Meyer). in an ethical reference, equivalent to how distinguished, Heb_7:4.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πηλίκος pēlikos 2x
how large, Gal_6:11 ; how great in dignity, Heb_7:4
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πηλίκος , -η , -ον ,
[in LXX : Zec_2:2 (6) ( H3642 ), 4Ma_15:22 * ;]
interrog., how large, how great ? ( prop ., of magnitude, as πόσος of quantity): in exclamations, = ἡλίκος (v. Bl., § 51, 4), Gal_6:11 ; of personal greatness, Heb_7:4 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πηλίκος [page 511]
how great, is often used for ἡλίκος (Blass-Debrunner § 304), which is a v.l. in Gal_6:11 B* 33 : cf. Col_2:1 and see s.v. ἡλίκος . Πηλίκος occurs elsewhere in the NT only in Heb_7:4 and in the LXX in Zec_2:2 , 4Ma_15:22 . On the meaning of πηλίκα γράμματα in Gal l.c. see s.v. cf. γράμμα and cf. Milligan Documents p. 23 f.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πηλίκος πηλί^κος, η, ον [Etym: interrog. of τηλίκος, ἡλίκος] "how great or large?" Lat. quantus? Plat. "of what age, of a certain age", Arist.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πηλίκος, -η, -ον
[in LXX: Zec.2:2 (6) (כָּמַהּ), 4Ma.15:22 * ;]
interrog., how large, how great ? (prop., of magnitude, as πόσος of quantity): in exclamations, = ἡλίκος (see Bl., § 51, 4), Gal.6:11; of personal greatness, Heb.7:4.†
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