Lexical Definition

‎ἡλίκος‎ hēlíkos (hay-lee'-kos) how great? ^G:Q
from (a comrade, i.e. one of the same age)

how (what) great.

• as big as, i.e. (interjectively) how much

Abbott-Smith

* ἡλίκος, -η, -ον,
1. prop., as big as, as old as.
2. As indirect interrog., what sized, what, how great, how small (the sense to be determined by the context): Col 2:1, Ja 3:5, Ga 6:11 (WH, mg.; πηλ-, WH, txt., RV).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἡλίκος [ῐ], η, ον,

as big as, πόσος τις; μικρός, ἡλίκος Μόλων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί τοσοῦτον ὕβρισεν, ἡλίκον..; [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__2 of age, as old as, ἄνδρα.. ἡλίκον Θουκυδίδην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖσιν ἡλίκοισι νῷν, ={τηλίκοις ἡλίκοι νώ}, [Refs]; οἱ ἡλίκοι ἐγώ,= τηλίκοι ἡλίκοι ἐγώ, [Refs 5th c.BC+] of what various ages.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 in indirect questions, how big, how great, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently in expressions of wonder, θαυμάσι᾽ ἡλίκα extraordinarily great, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also, how small, ἰδοὺ ἡλίκον πῦρ ἡλίκην ὕλην ἀνάπτει [NT+4th c.BC+]
__4 in exclamations, ἡλίκον λαλεῖς [Refs 4th c.BC+]. (Compd. of yo-, relative pronoun stem (compare ὅς), and -āli- (compare ἧλιξ), with suffix -κο-; compare πηλίκος, τηλίκος.)

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Jas.3.5}