Greek · G3625, G3650 · unreviewed

τῆς οἰκουμένης ὅλης

World · all

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οἰκουμένη G3625 world
Pronunciation oikouménē
The inhabited world as actually occupied by people, not merely earth as geographical territory
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ὅλος G3650 all
Pronunciation hólos
Denotes completeness or totality of a whole unit, distinct from πᾶς which emphasizes all individual parts collectively.
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What does τῆς οἰκουμένης ὅλης (tēs oikoumenēs holēs) mean in the Bible?

οἰκουμένη · ὅλος is a Greek word meaning "land, i.e. the (terrene part of the) globe; specially, the Roman empire". land, i.

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Meaning

land, i.e. the (terrene part of the) globe; specially, the Roman empire
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Feminine Acts 19:27
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Luke 4:5 · Rom 10:18 · Rev 3:10 · Rev 16:14
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 24:14 · Luke 21:26
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Luke 2:1 · Acts 11:28 · Acts 17:6 · Acts 17:31 · Acts 24:5 · Heb 1:6 · Heb 2:5 · Rev 12:9
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

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