ὁλοκαύτωμα
holokautōma · burnt offering
Greek word · Strong’s number G3646 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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holokautōma (ὁλοκαύτωμα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “burnt offering”.
An offering burned whole.
How to say it
ho·lo·kau·tō·ma
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A sacrifice in which the entire animal was consumed by fire.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Mark 12:33
and to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love the neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
- Hebrews 10:6
you did not take pleasure in whole burnt offerings and offerings for sin.
- Hebrews 10:8
When he said above: Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and offerings for sin you did not want, nor did you take pleasure in them —these are offered according to the law—