STRONGS G3646:
ὁλοκαύτωμα,
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 (Latin
holocaustum), 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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