For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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ὅλος
Vocabulary form:
o{loV, -h, -on
Definition:
adj: whole, complete;
adv: entirely
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
109
GK:
3910
Root:
oJlo
Cognates:
Holistic education treats the student as a whole person, not just an academic shell.
Mnemonic Singing:
My sin,
O the bliss of this glorious thought,
my sin, not in part but the whole
Notes:
This word often occurs in the predicate position when it is functioning adjectivally.
Biblical Concordance
| John 13:10 | Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed has no need to wash, except for his feet, but is clean all (holos | ὅλος | nom sg masc) over. And you men are clean, but not all of you.” |
| John 19:23 | When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his garments and separated them into four shares, one share for each soldier. They also took his tunic, which was seamless, woven from top to bottom as a single (holou | ὅλου | gen sg masc) piece. |
| Acts 2:2 | And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like a violent blast of wind, and it filled the whole (holon | ὅλον | acc sg masc) house where they were sitting. |
| Acts 2:47 | praising God, and finding favor with all (holon | ὅλον | acc sg masc) the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved. |
| Acts 5:11 | Great fear gripped the entire (holēn | ὅλην | acc sg fem) church, and all who heard about these things. |
| Acts 7:10 | and rescued him out of all his afflictions and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and over all (holon | ὅλον | acc sg masc) his royal household. |
| Acts 7:11 | Now there came a famine upon all (holēn | ὅλην | acc sg fem) Egypt and Canaan, bringing great affliction, and our fathers could find no food. |
| Acts 9:31 | So the church throughout all (holēs | ὅλης | gen sg fem) Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace; being built up, and walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it increased in number. |
| Acts 9:42 | And it became known throughout all (holēs | ὅλης | gen sg fem) Joppa, and many believed on the Lord. |
| Acts 10:22 | And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright man and one who fears God, who is well spoken of by the whole (holou | ὅλου | gen sg neut) nation of the Jews, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear words from you.” |
| Acts 10:37 | you yourselves know the account that spread throughout all (holēs | ὅλης | gen sg fem) Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed, |
| Acts 11:26 | and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole (holon | ὅλον | acc sg masc) year they met with the church and taught a considerable number of people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians. |
| Acts 11:28 | And one of them stood up, named Agabus, and indicated by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all (holēn | ὅλην | acc sg fem) the world (which took place in the days of Claudius). |
| Acts 13:6 | When they had gone through the whole (holēn | ὅλην | acc sg fem) island as far as Paphos, they met a certain man, a magician, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus, |
| Acts 13:49 | So the word of the Lord was being spread throughout the whole (holēs | ὅλης | gen sg fem) region. |
| Acts 15:22 | Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, together with the whole (holē | ὅλῃ | dat sg fem) church, to send men chosen from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas — Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers — |
| Acts 18:8 | Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with his entire (holō | ὅλῳ | dat sg masc) household; and many of the Corinthians upon hearing about it, believed and were baptized. |
| Acts 19:27 | There is danger not only that this trade of ours will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis is in danger of being regarded as worthless and her magnificence in danger of being destroyed, she whom all (holē | ὅλη | nom sg fem) Asia and the world worship.” |
| Acts 21:30 | Then all (holē | ὅλη | nom sg fem) the city was stirred up, and a mob of people quickly formed. They seized Paul and dragged him outside the temple, and immediately the gates were shut. |
| Acts 21:31 | And while they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the detachment that all (holē | ὅλη | nom sg fem) Jerusalem was in an uproar. |
| Acts 28:30 | Paul lived there two whole (holēn | ὅλην | acc sg fem) years in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to him, |
| Romans 1:8 | First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the whole (holō | ὅλῳ | dat sg masc) world. |
| Romans 8:36 | As it is written, “For your sake we face death all (holēn | ὅλην | acc sg fem) day long (holēn | ὅλην | acc sg fem); we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.” |
| Romans 10:21 | But concerning Israel he says, “All (holēn | ὅλην | acc sg fem) day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and argumentative people.” |
| Romans 16:23 | Gaius, a host to me as well as to the whole (holēs | ὅλης | gen sg fem) church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer greets you, as does our brother Quartus. |
| 1 Corinthians 5:6 | Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole (holon | ὅλον | acc sg neut) batch of dough? |
| 1 Corinthians 12:17 | If the whole (holon | ὅλον | nom sg neut) body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole (holon | ὅλον | nom sg neut) body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? |
| 1 Corinthians 14:23 | So if the whole (holē | ὅλη | nom sg fem) church assembles in the same place and everyone is speaking in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds? |
| 2 Corinthians 1:1 | Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all (holē | ὅλῃ | dat sg fem) Achaia: |
| Galatians 5:3 | And furthermore I declare to every man who agrees to circumcision that he is obligated to obey the entire (holon | ὅλον | acc sg masc) law. |
| Galatians 5:9 | A little leaven leavens the whole (holon | ὅλον | acc sg neut) lump of dough! |
| Philippians 1:13 | so that it has become known throughout the entire (holō | ὅλῳ | dat sg neut) palace guard, and by everyone else, that my imprisonment is for Christ, |
| 1 Thessalonians 4:10 | Indeed you do show love toward all the brothers throughout Macedonia, but we urge you, brothers, to do so more and more. |
| Titus 1:11 | It is therefore necessary to muzzle those who are upsetting entire (holous | ὅλους | acc pl masc) households by teaching what is not proper for shameful gain. |
| Hebrews 3:2 | was faithful to the one who appointed him in all (holō | ὅλῳ | dat sg masc) his house, as Moses also was. |
| Hebrews 3:5 | Now Moses was faithful in all (holō | ὅλῳ | dat sg masc) God’s household as a servant, bearing witness to those things that would be spoken later, |
| James 2:10 | For whoever keeps the entire (holon | ὅλον | acc sg masc) law yet fails at a single point has become guilty of the law as a whole. |
| James 3:2 | For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a mature individual, able to bridle his whole (holon | ὅλον | acc sg neut) body as well. |
| James 3:3 | Now if we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, then we guide their entire (holon | ὅλον | acc sg neut) body. |
| James 3:6 | And the tongue is a fire! The tongue is a world of iniquity among our members; it defiles the whole (holon | ὅλον | acc sg neut) body, sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell. |
| 1 John 2:2 | He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for those of the entire (holou | ὅλου | gen sg masc) world. |
| 1 John 5:19 | We know that we are children of God, and that the whole (holos | ὅλος | nom sg masc) world lies in the power of the evil one. |
| Revelation 3:10 | Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing that is coming upon the whole (holēs | ὅλης | gen sg fem) world to test those who live on the earth. |
| Revelation 6:12 | And when he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and there was a great earthquake; the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, the entire (holē | ὅλη | nom sg fem) moon became like blood, |
| Revelation 12:9 | And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole (holēn | ὅλην | acc sg fem) world — he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. |
| Revelation 13:3 | One of the beast’s heads appeared to have been mortally wounded, but his deadly wound had been healed. The whole (holē | ὅλη | nom sg fem) world marveled as they followed the beast. |
| Revelation 16:14 | They were demonic spirits, performing signs, who go out to the kings of the whole (holēs | ὅλης | gen sg fem) world to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty. |
Mnemonics
haul us
Haul us (holos) away as a whole, complete, entirely - not separately or in pieces.