ὅλος
holos
all
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word ὅλος (holos) is a fundamental term in the New Testament, appearing 115 times in the Bible. Its short definition is "all," indicating its broad scope and inclusivity. This word is used to convey totality, entirety, or completeness, encompassing everything within a particular context. In its various occurrences, ὅλος is used to describe physical objects, abstract concepts, and even time. It can signify the entirety of a group, such as "all people" or "all nations." It can also imply universality, as in "all things" or "all creation." The word's range of usage is extensive, appearing in a wide range of contexts, from descriptions of natural phenomena to discussions of spiritual realities. The significance of ὅλος lies in its ability to convey a sense of wholeness and completeness. It emphasizes the interconnectedness of all things and the importance of considering the broader context. By using this word, the authors of the New Testament highlight the complexity and richness of the world around us, encouraging readers to think deeply about the relationships between different aspects of reality.
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Occurrences in Scripture
115 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
Matthew 4:24The report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.
Matthew 5:29If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.
Matthew 5:30If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.
Matthew 21:4All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
Matthew 6:22“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.
Matthew 6:23But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
Matthew 9:26The report of this went out into all that land.
Matthew 9:31But they went out and spread abroad his fame in all that land.
Matthew 26:13Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial of her.”
Matthew 13:33He spoke another parable to them. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened.”
Matthew 14:35When the people of that place recognized him, they sent into all that surrounding region, and brought to him all who were sick;
Matthew 16:26For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
Matthew 20:6About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’
Matthew 22:37Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
Matthew 22:37Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
Matthew 22:37Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
Matthew 22:40The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”
Matthew 24:14This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
Matthew 26:56But all this has happened that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.
Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;
Matthew 27:27Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him.
Mark 1:28The report of him went out immediately everywhere into all the region of Galilee and its surrounding area.
Mark 1:33All the city was gathered together at the door.
Mark 1:39He went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out demons.
Mark 6:55and ran around that whole region, and began to bring those who were sick, on their mats, to where they heard he was.
Mark 8:36For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
Mark 12:30you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.
Mark 12:30you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.
Mark 12:30you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.
Mark 12:30you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.
Mark 12:33and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
Mark 12:33and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
Mark 12:33and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
Mark 12:33and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
Mark 12:44for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on.”
Mark 14:9Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News may be preached throughout the whole world, that which this woman has done will also be spoken of for a memorial of her.”
Mark 14:55Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and found none.
Mark 15:1Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, bound Jesus, carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.
Mark 15:16The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.
Mark 15:33When the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
Luke 1:65Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.
Luke 4:14Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and news about him spread through all the surrounding area.
Luke 5:5Simon answered him, “Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the net.”
Luke 7:17This report went out concerning him in the whole of Judea, and in all the surrounding region.
Luke 8:39“Return to your house, and declare what great things God has done for you.” He went his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.
Luke 8:43A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians and could not be healed by any
Luke 9:25For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?
Luke 10:27He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
Luke 10:27He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”