"all, whole, entire, Mt. 1:22; 4:23, 24"
Definition and meaning
all, whole, entire, Mt. 1:22; 4:23, 24
In the original Greek the word is written: ὅλος
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of holos (G3650) across the King James Bible.
Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.
But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.
Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
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Common questions
Strong's G3650 (holos) is a Greek word that means: all, whole, entire, Mt. 1:22; 4:23, 24 It appears 97 times in the King James Bible.
The word holos (G3650) appears 97 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G3650 is holos, a Greek word defined as: all, whole, entire, Mt. 1:22; 4:23, 24. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
holos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.