Helikos marks the extent or magnitude being asked or exclaimed about, from a struggle to a fire and forest.

The attested use marks magnitude or extent: Colossians 2:1 frames the scale of a struggle, while James 3:5 applies it to a fire and a forest.

1. Magnitude or extent in a clause · dominant

   In Colossians 2:1, the accusative singular masculine form occurs with the struggle Paul describes; the APB renders the clause “how great a fight I have.” In James 3:5, the nominative singular neuter forms occur in the exclamation about a fire and a forest; the APB renders “how great a fire” and “how great a forest.”

   Colossians 2:1James 3:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “how great” in both cited clauses: for the fight in Colossians 2:1 and for the fire and forest in James 3:5. These renderings confirm the clauses' emphasis on magnitude rather than isolate every grammatical relation.