Definition

a wholly-consumed sacrifice ("holocaust")

Etymology

from a derivative of a compound of G3650 (ὅλος) and a derivative of G2545 (καίω);

Word family

• ὅλος hólos
• καίω kaíō

How the KJV renders it

• (whole) burnt offering

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.