ὁλοκαύτωμαholokaútōma

a wholly-consumed sacrifice ("holocaust")

Greek (New Testament) · G3646

Meanings

a whole burnt offering: Mark 12:33, Hebrews 10:6, Hebrews 10:8(LXX).

Synonyms

see θυσία.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Mark 12:33 And I know it is important to love him with all my heart and all my understanding and all my strength, and to love my neighbor as myself. This is more important than to offer all of the burnt offerings and sacrifices required in the law.”
  • Hebrews 10:6 You were not pleased with burnt offerings or other offerings for sin.
  • Hebrews 10:8 First, Christ said, “You did not want animal sacrifices or sin offerings or burnt offerings or other offerings for sin, nor were you pleased with them” (though they are required by the law of Moses).

Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.