Lexical Summary holokautōma: a whole burnt offering Original Word: ὁλοκαύτωμαTransliteration: holokautōma Phonetic Spelling: (hol-ok-ow'-to-mah) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: a whole burnt offering Meaning: a whole burnt offering Strong's Concordance whole burnt offering. From a derivative of a compound of holos and a derivative of kaio; a wholly-consumed sacrifice ("holocaust") -- (whole) burnt offering. see GREEK holos see GREEK kaio Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3646: ὁλοκαύτωμαὁλοκαύτωμα, ὁλοκαυτώματος, τό (ὀλοκαυτόω to burn whole, Xenophon, Cyril 8, 3, 24; Josephus, Antiquities 1, 13, 1; and this from ὅλος and καὐτός, for καυστός, verbal adjective from καίω, cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 524; (Winers Grammar, 33)), a whole burnt offering (Latinholocaustum), i. e. a victim the whole (and not like other victims only a part) of which is burned: Mark 12:33; Hebrews 10:6, 8. (The Sept. especially for עֹלָה; also for אִשֶּׁה, Exodus 30:20; Leviticus 5:12; Leviticus 23:8, 25, 21; 1 Macc. 1:45; 2 Macc. 2:10; not found in secular authors (except Philo do sacr. Ab. et Cain. § 33); Josephus, Antiquities 3, 9, 1 and 9, 7, 4 says ὁλοκαύτωσις.) |
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