adverb
holōs
Greekὅλως (holōs)
Strong’sG3654
wholly, altogether, not at all
stem holō-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books
Translated as
What it means
ὅλως,
adv.(< ὅλος),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3654 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhol'-oce
completely, i.e. altogether; (by analogy), everywhere; (negatively) not by any means
Fromadverb from G3650;
King Jamesat all, commonly, utterly.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.
Where it appears
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
holōs3×
Matthew 5:34“at all”mis de legamō vi mē omnuara holōs; mēte en to ourano, hoti thronos atō tou theou;But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne;
1 Corinthians 6:7“completely”ēdē men oun holōs hēttēmem vi atō hoti krimeim echavō meta heautoiu; dia tinem ouchi mallon adikivō? dia tinem ouchi mallon aposterivō?The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?
1 Corinthians 15:29“at all”Epei tinem poiali tois baptizirōtois huper toiu nekroiu? ei holōs nekrois ouk egeirilō, tinem kai baptizilō huper autoiu?If these things are not so, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?
Holōs1×
1 Corinthians 5:1“actually”Holōs akouitō en vi porneias, kai toioutas porneias hotinas oude en tei ethnei, hōste gunaikan tinon tou patērou echarō.It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.