Illustrations of English words derived
from Greek words used in the New Testament.
**"Complete
in every part." The spelling with wh-
developed
early 15c.
"And
And
the very God of peace sanctify you whollyG3651;
andI
pray God yourwholeG3648
spirit and soul and bodybe
preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ"
(1 Thessalonians 5:23b). Our English "WHOLE" is
from the Greek "hole".
and in this passage a couple other words that make the
message relative to THE (emphatic) WHOLE MAN.
Comment on SOUL.
It
is interesting that the Greek word psycheis translated "soul" in the
English Bibles that are based on the KJV while the Latin Vulgate translates psyche as
"animal."
The reason is obvious when we study the etymology of both words,"soul" and "animal." Our word "soul" entered the English language from a Germanic source before the word "animal" became a part of English. The latter came from the Latin source. Etymonline.com informs us that the etymology of the word "animal" is "early 14c., meaning 'any sentient living creature' (including humans),
from the Latin animale 'living being, a being which breathes,' a noun use of the neuter of animalis (adj.) meaning 'animate, living; of the air,' from anima 'breath, soul; a current of air'.
"Soul" was in common use while the word "animal" was still a rare word in English in 1600, and consequently was not used by the translators of the KJV Bible (1611). Take a concordance of the KJV and look up "animal." It is not used at all in the Bible even for non-humans. It is not in the Bible at all. Later updated versions of the KJV has kept the word "soul" and never substituted "animal."
A connotation of "animal" has developed and has restricted its use to that of non-human creatures.
An exception is the Weymouth, "The NT In Modern Speech", a 19th Century translation. An example is 1 Corinthians 15:45. The KJV has "And so it is written, The first man Adam was made A LIVING SOUL; the last Adam [was made] a quickening spirit."
The Weymouth translation has, "In the same way also it is written, "THE FIRST MAN ADAM BECAME A LIVING ANIMAL"; the last Adam is a life-giving Spirit." .
DICTIONARIES
STRONG'S
DICTIONARY
ὅλος
[holos G3650].
[note: English over the years has added the "w" to
several h words]. Total KJV occurrences: 112
Meaning:
A primary word; “whole” or “all”,
that is, complete(in
extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun
or adverb: - all, altogether, every whit, + throughout,
whole.
Greek
combination words using G3650 [see also Vine's]:
ὁλοτελής
[holo-telēs G3651] From
G3650 and G5056; completeto
the[teles]
end,
that is, absolutely
perfect:
ὁλόκληρος
[holo-klēros G3648]From
G3650 and G2819; completein
every [kleros]
part,
that is, perfectly sound(in
body): - entire, whole.
ὁλοκληρία
[holo-klēriaG3647]
From
G3648; integrity,
that is, physical wholeness:
- perfect soundness.
VINE's
Expository Dictionary of NT WordsGreekDefinition:
A,
No. 3, and ALTOGETHER, signifies "whole," Matthew
5:29,30;
Mark
8:36;
15:1,16,33;
Luke
11:36(1st
part), though holonmay
here be used adverbially with photeinon,
"wholly light" [as in the 2nd part, RV, "wholly
(full of light)"]; John
11:50;
1
Corinthians 12:17(1st
part); 1
John 2:2;
5:19;
absolutely, as a noun, e.g., Matthew
13:33;
1
Corinthians 12:17(2nd
part).
"wholly,"1
Thessalonians 5:23,
is lit., "whole-complete"(A,
No. 1, andtelos,
"an end"), i.e., "through and through;"
the Apostle's desire is that the sanctification of the
believer may extend to every part of his being. The word is
similar in meaning to No. 4;holoklerosdraws
attention to the person as a "whole," holoteles,
to the several parts which constitute him.
English
DICTIONARY.com
adjective:
"comprising
the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without
diminution or exception;entire, full, or total
..."
noun:
"the whole
assemblage of parts or elements belonging to a thing; the
entire quantity, account,extent, or number."
ETYMOLOGY OF ENGLISH
USE
holo- The
spelling with wh-
developed
early 15c.
means
whole
(n.)"entire
body or company; the full amount," late 14c., from whole
(adj.).
Originated
with Old English hal
"entire,
whole; unhurt, uninjured, safe; healthy, sound; genuine,
straightforward," from Proto-Germanic *haila-
"undamaged"
(source
alsoof
Old Saxon hel,Old
Norse heill,
Old Frisian hal,
Middle Dutch hiel,Dutch
heel,
Old
High German,
German heil "salvation,
welfare"), from PIE *kailo-"whole,
uninjured, of good omen" (source also of Old Church
Slavonic celu"whole,
complete;" see health).
The
sense in a whole number
is
from early 14c. Whole milk
is
from 1782. On the whole
"considering
all facts or circumstances" is from 1690s. For phrase
whole hog,
see hog (n.).
holo-
before
vowels, hol-,
word-forming element meaning "whole, entire, complete,"
from Greek holos"whole,
entire, complete," also "safe and sound;" as a
noun, "the universe," as an adverb, "on the
whole"
TEXT EXAMPLES
ὁλοκληρία
[holoklēria G3647]
Total KJV Occurrences:2
perfect,
soundness 1
"And
his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong,
whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath
given him this perfect
soundnessG3647in the presence of you all"
(Acts 3:16).
ὁλόκληρος
[holo klēros G3648]
Total KJV
Occurrences:2
entire, 1
"But
let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect
and entire G3648,
wanting nothing" (James 1:4).
whole, 1
"And
the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray Godyour whole
G3648spirit and soul and body be preserved
blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ"
(1 Thessalonians 5:23).
ὅλος
[holos G3650]
Total
KJV Occurrences:115
all, 66
"And
the fame hereof went abroad into allG3650that
land"
(Matthew 9:26). Also in Matthew
4:22-24 (3), Matthew 9:26, Matthew 9:31, Matthew 14:35,
Matthew 20:6, Matthew 21:4, Matthew 22:37 (3), Matthew 22:40,
Matthew 24:14, Matthew 26:56, Matthew 26:59, Mark 1:28, Mark
1:33, Mark 1:39, Mark 12:30 (4), Mark 12:33 (4), Mark 12:44,
Mark 14:55, Luke 1:65, Luke 4:14, Luke 5:5, Luke 7:17, Luke
10:27 (4), Luke 23:5, Luke 23:44, Acts 2:2, Acts 2:47, Acts
5:11, Acts 7:10-11 (2), Acts 8:37, Acts 9:31, Acts 9:42, Acts
10:22, Acts 10:37, Acts 11:28, Acts 13:49, Acts 18:8, Acts
19:27, Acts 21:30-31 (2), Acts 22:30, Romans 8:36, Romans
10:21, 2 Corinthians 1:1, 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (2), Philemon
1:13, 1 Thessalonians 4:10, Hebrews 3:2, Hebrews 3:5,
Revelations 3:10, Revelations 13:3
whole, 43
"...leaven,
which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till
the wholewas leavened" (Matthew
13:33)
Matthew
5:29-30(2), Matthew 6:22-23(2), Matthew 13:33, Matthew 16:26, Matthew
26:13, Matthew 27:27, Mark 6:55, Mark 8:36, Mark 14:9, Mark
15:1, Mark 15:16, Mark 15:33, Luke 8:39, Luke 9:25, Luke
11:34, Luke 11:36(2), Luke 13:21,
John 4:53, John 11:50, Acts 11:26, Acts 15:22, Acts 28:29-30(2), Romans 1:8, Romans 16:23, 1
Corinthians 5:6, 1 Corinthians 12:17(2),
1 Corinthians 14:23, Galatians 5:3, Galatians 5:9, Tit_1:11,
James 2:10, James 3:2-3(2), James
3:6, 1John 2:2, 1John 5:19, Revelations 12:9, Revelations
16:14
every,
2: John
7:23, John 13:10; whit,
2: John
7:23, John 13:10; altogether,
1: John
9:34; throughout, 1: John
19:23
ὁλοτελής
[holotelēs G3651]
Total KJV
Occurrences:1
wholly, 1
1 Thessalonians
5:23 [text]
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