Lexical Definition

‎ἡλικία‎ hēlikía (hay-lik-ee'-ah) age/height ^G:N-F
from the same as ‎ἡλίκος‎

age, stature.

• maturity (in years or size)

Abbott-Smith

ἡλικία, -ας, ἡ (< ἧλιξ, of the same age, mature), [in LXX: Ez 13:18 (קוֹמָה), Jb 29:18, Wi 4:9, Si 26:17, freq. in II-IV Mac;]
always of age or maturity; "a stage of growth whether measured by age or stature";
1.
(a) age: Mt 6:27, Lk 12:25 (R, mg.), He 11:11;
(b) full age, maturity: Jo 9:21, 23, Eph 4:13.
2. stature: Lk 19:3 (Mt 6:27, Lk 12:25, AV, R, txt.; but the prevailing usage in LXX and π. favours the former meaning in these doubtful passages; cf., Ellic., ICC, AR, on Eph 4:13; Milligan, NTD, 74 f., and esp., MM, Exp., xv; e contra, Field, Notes, 6).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἡλικία-α,

Ionic dialect ἡλικίη, Doric dialect ἁλικία, ἡ, (ἧλιξ) time of life, age, ἤν πως ἡλικίην αἰδέσσεται ἠδ᾽ ἐλεήσῃ γῆρας [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τήνδ᾽ ἡ. ἀστῶν, i.e. their old age, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: accusative used adverbially, in age, νέος ἡλικίην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: so in dative, ἡλικίᾳ ἔτι τότε ὢν νέος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; προεληλυθότες ταῖς ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ὑπὸ τῆς ἡ. from our age, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐν τῇ αὐτῆ ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἀχρεῖον τῆς ἡ. [Refs]; ὅταν.. τοῦ γεννᾶν ἐκβῶσι τὴν ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόρρω τῆς ἡ. to an advanced age, [Refs]; προήκων ἐς βαθὺ τῆς ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; προϊούσης τῆς ἡ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ παρ᾽ ἡλικίαν νοῦς beyond one's age, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 prime of life, manhood, ἐν ἁλικίᾳ πρώτᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡλικίαν ἔχειν, εἰς ἡ. ἐλθεῖν, ἀφικέσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡλικίην ἔχειν with infinitive, to be of fit age for doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐν τῇ ἡλικίᾳ men of military age, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ καθεστηκυῖα ἡ. maturity, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of women, womanhood, marriageable age, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 youthful passion, ἡλικίῃ καὶ θυμῷ ἐπιτρέπειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 maidenhood, τὴν ἡ. οὐ καλῶς διαφυλάξασαν [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II as collective Noun,= οἱ ἥλικες, those of the same age, comrades, ὃς ἡλικίην ἐκέκαστο ἔγχεϊ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially those of military age, τῆς ἡ. ἀπούσης ἐν ταῖς ναυσί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, men of any age, παίδων τε καὶ ἀνδρῶν καὶ πάσης ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III time, ταῦτα ἡλικίην ἂν εἴη κατὰ Λάϊον about the time of Laius, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV age, generation, ἐπὶ τῆς νῦν ἡ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸ τῆς ἡμετέρας ἡ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἰς τὴν νῦν ζῶσαν ἡ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πολλαῖς ἔμπροσθεν ἡ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__V of the body, stature, as a sign of age, [NT+5th c.BC+] add a cubit to one's age (compare πήχυιος), [NT]; ἄνδρας ἡμισταδιαίους τὰς ἡ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; height of a pillar, [Refs]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Luke.19.3 ☩ Matt.6.27}