What does πηλίκος (pēlíkos) mean in the Bible?
πηλίκος (pēlíkos) is a Greek word meaning "how great".
Greek · G4080
πηλίκος
How great
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πηλίκοςG4080
Pronunciationpēlíkos
What does πηλίκος (pēlíkos) mean in the Bible?
πηλίκος (pēlíkos) is a Greek word meaning "how great".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4080?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [what] large (1), how great (1).
Where does πηλίκος (pēlíkos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Galatians 6:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Galatians (1), Hebrews (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It[what] large1×Galatians 6:11
how great1×Hebrews 7:4
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Usage map
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First aligned rowGalatians 6:11
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Galatians1Hebrews1
Source forms
πηλίκοις1xpēlikoisGalatians 6:11
πηλίκος1xpēlikosHebrews 7:4
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural1xGalatians 6:11
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular1xHebrews 7:4
Evidence Summary
Greek word. how great
Strong'sG4080
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
how great
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Galatians 6:11Adjective Dative Plural Neuter
πηλίκοιςphlikoiv
how large, how great
Read verseHebrews 7:4Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
πηλίκοςphlikov
how large, how great
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternDative (1)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineHeb 7:41×
Dative · Plural · NeuterGal 6:111×
Word Origins
πηλίκος is built from this root:
πούG4225
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