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adjective

holotelos

Greekὁλοτελής (holotelēs)

Strong’sG3651

perfect, complete

stem holotel-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

completely

What it means

*† ὁλοτελής, -ές

(< ὅλος, τέλος),

complete, perfect: I Th 5:23.†

SYN.: ὁλόκληρος (q.v.), τέλειος. "As regards meaning, ὁλόκληρος can hardly be distinguished from ὁλοτελής though, in accordance with its derivation, it draws more special attention to the several parts to which the wholeness spoken of extends, no part being wanting or lacking in completeness" (M, Th., 78).

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3651 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhol-ot-el-ace'

complete to the end, i.e. absolutely perfect

Fromfrom G3650 and G5056;

King Jameswholly.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence casemasculine singularfeminine singularneuter singularmasculine pluralfeminine pluralneuter plural
subject nominativeholotelosholotelasholotelemholoteloisholotelaisholoteleim
object accusativeholotelonholotelanholoteloinὁλοτελεῖςholotelain
direct address vocativeholotelorholotelarholoteloirholotelair
of, belonging to genitiveholotelouholotelauholoteleuholoteloiuholotelaiuholoteleiu
to, for dativeholoteloholotelaholoteleholoteloiholotelaiholotelei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
holotelstem+oaegender+smnruits job in the sentence case+ione · more than one number

holotel is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

holoteloin“completely”objectaccusative plural

1 Thessalonians 5:23“completely”Autos de tos theos tau eirēnau hagiazatoia vin holoteloin, kai holoklērem vu tem pneumem kai tas psuchas kai tem sōmem amemptōs en ta parousia tou kuriou nu Iēsu Christou tēritoia.Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.