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Lexicon :: Strong's G2244 - hēlikia

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ἡλικία
Transliteration
hēlikia (Key)
Pronunciation
hay-lik-ee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as ἡλίκος (G2245)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:941,308

Strong’s Definitions

ἡλικία hēlikía, hay-lik-ee'-ah; from the same as G2245; maturity (in years or size):—age, stature.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G2244 in the following manner: stature (5x), age (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G2244 in the following manner: stature (5x), age (3x).

  1. age, time of life

    1. age, term or length of life

    2. adult age, maturity

    3. suitable age for anything

    4. metaph. of an attained state fit for a thing

  2. stature, i.e in height and comeliness of stature

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἡλικία hēlikía, hay-lik-ee'-ah; from the same as G2245; maturity (in years or size):—age, stature.
STRONGS G2244:
ἡλικία, -ας, ἡ, (ἧλιξ mature, of full age, Homer, Odyssey 18, 373 [others of the same age; cf. Ebeling, Lex. Homer under the word; Pape Lexicon under the word]); from Homer down;
1. age, time of life;
a. universally: Matthew 6:27; Luke 12:25, [in these passages, 'term or length of life'; but others refer them to 2 below; see Field, Otium Norv. Pars iii., p. 4; James Morison, Commentary on Matthew, the passage cited] cf. πῆχυς, and DeWette, Meyer, Bleek on Matthew, the passage cited; παρὰ καιρὸν ἡλικίας, beyond the proper stage of life [A. V. past age], Hebrews 11:11 (2 Macc. 4:40; 4 Macc. 5:4).
b. adult age, maturity: ἔχειν ἡλικίαν [A. V. to be of age], John 9:21, 23.
c. suitable age for anything; with the genitive of the thing for which it is fit: τοῦ γάμου, Demosthenes; τοῦ ἤδη φρονεῖν, Plato, Eryx., p. 396 b.; metaphorically, of an attained state of mind fit for a thing: τοῦ πληρώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, the age in which we are fitted to receive the fullness (see πλήρωμα, 1) of Christ, Ephesians 4:13 [others refer this to 2; cf. Ellicott, in the place cited].
2. stature (Demosthenes, Plutarch, others): τῇ ἡλικία μικρός, Luke 19:3; προκόπτειν ἡλικίᾳ, i. e. in height and comeliness of stature (Bengel, justam proceritatem nactus est et decoram), Luke 2:52; cf. Meyer, Bleek, at the passage.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
6:27
Luke
2:52; 12:25; 19:3
John
9:21; 9:23
Ephesians
4:13
Hebrews
11:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2244 matches the Greek ἡλικία (hēlikia),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:27 - Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[fn]?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:52 - And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:25 - Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life[fn]?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:3 - He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:21 - But how he can see now, or who opened his eyes, we don’t know. Ask him. He is of age; he will speak for himself.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:23 - That was why his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:13 - until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:11 - And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she[fn] considered him faithful who had made the promise.
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