What does ἡλικία (hēlikía) mean in the Bible?
ἡλικία (hēlikía) is a Greek word meaning "maturity (in years or size)".
Greek · G2244
ἡλικία
Maturity (in years or size)
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ἡλικία G2244
Pronunciation hēlikía
What does ἡλικία (hēlikía) mean in the Bible?
ἡλικία (hēlikía) is a Greek word meaning "maturity (in years or size)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2244?
The BSB source-word alignment has 8 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include life (2), old enough (2), age (1), in stature (1), of [the] stature (1).
Where does ἡλικία (hēlikía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 6:27. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (3), John (2), Ephesians (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 life 2× Matthew 6:27, Luke 12:25
old enough 2× John 9:21, John 9:23
age 1× Hebrews 11:11
in stature 1× Luke 19:3
of [the] stature 1× Ephesians 4:13
stature 1× Luke 2:52
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 6:27 ἡλικίαν to life Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Luke 2:52 ἡλικίᾳ to stature Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Luke 12:25 ἡλικίαν to life Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Luke 19:3 ἡλικίᾳ to in stature Noun - Dative Feminine Singular John 9:21 ἡλικίαν to old enough Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular John 9:23 Ἡλικίαν to old enough Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Ephesians 4:13 ἡλικίας to of [the] stature Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Hebrews 11:11 ἡλικίας to age Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 6:27
Aligned rows 8
Books represented 5
Matthew 1 Luke 3 John 2 Ephesians 1 Hebrews 1
Source forms
ἡλικίαν 3x hēlikian Matthew 6:27, Luke 12:25, John 9:21
ἡλικίᾳ 2x hēlikia Luke 2:52, Luke 19:3
ἡλικίας 2x hēlikias Ephesians 4:13, Hebrews 11:11
Ἡλικίαν 1x Hēlikian John 9:23
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 4x Matthew 6:27, Luke 12:25, John 9:21, John 9:23
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 2x Luke 2:52, Luke 19:3
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 2x Ephesians 4:13, Hebrews 11:11
Evidence Summary
Greek word. maturity (in years or size)
Strong's G2244
Lexical occurrences 8 verses Greek text appearances 8 times Word forms 3 forms 8 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
maturity (in years or size)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
8 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 6:27 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἡλικίαν hlikian
age, stature
Read verse Luke 2:52 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ἡλικίᾳ, hlikia
age, stature
Read verse Luke 12:25 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἡλικίαν hlikian
age, stature
Read verse Luke 19:3 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ἡλικίᾳ hlikia
age, stature
Read verse John 9:21 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἡλικίαν hlikian
age, stature
Read verse John 9:23 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Ἡλικίαν hlikian
age, stature
Read verse Ephesians 4:13 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἡλικίας hlikiav
age, stature
Read verse Hebrews 11:11 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἡλικίας hlikiav
age, stature
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 3 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 patterns 3 Aligned forms 8 Case pattern Accusative (4) Number pattern Singular (8)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Eph 4:13 · Heb 11:11 2×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Luke 2:52 · Luke 19:3 2×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 6:27 · Luke 12:25 · John 9:21 · John 9:23 4×
Word Origins
ἡλικία is built from this root:
ἡλίκος G2245
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain