ἡλικία: Difference between revisions

|txtha=ἡλικίας, ἡ ([[ἧλιξ]] [[mature]], of [[full]] [[age]], [[Homer]], [[Odyssey]] 18,373 (others of the [[same]] [[age]]; cf. Ebeling, Lex. [[Homer]] [[under]] the [[word]]; Pape s Lexicon [[under]] the [[word]])); from Homer down;<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[age]], [[time]] of [[life]];<br /><b class="num">a.</b> [[universally]]: Matthew, the [[passage]] cited) cf. [[πῆχυς]], and DeWette, Meyer, Bleek on Matthew, the [[passage]] cited; [[παρά]] καιρόν ἡλικίας, [[beyond]] the [[proper]] [[stage]] of [[life]] (A. V. [[past]] [[age]]), [[adult]] [[age]], [[maturity]]: ἔχειν ἡλικίαν (A. V. to be of [[age]]), [[suitable]] [[age]] for [[anything]]; [[with]] the genitive of the [[thing]] for [[which]] it is [[fit]]: [[τοῦ]] γάμου, [[Demosthenes]]; [[τοῦ]] [[ἤδη]] φρονεῖν, [[Plato]], [[Eryx]]., p. 396b.; [[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, [[stature]] ([[Demosthenes]], [[Plutarch]], others): τῇ [[ἡλικία]] [[μικρός]], προκόπτειν [[ἡλικία]], i. e. in [[height]] and [[comeliness]] of [[stature]] (Bengel, justam proceritatem nactus est et decoram), Luke 2:52; cf. Meyer, Bleek, at the [[passage]].