What does ὁλοκαύτωμα (holokaútōma) mean in the Bible?
ὁλοκαύτωμα (holokaútōma): Offering consumed entirely by fire, signifying complete surrender and atonement to God.
Greek · G3646
ὁλοκαύτωμα
A wholly-consumed sacrifice ("holocaust")
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ὁλοκαύτωμα G3646
Pronunciation holokaútōma
What does ὁλοκαύτωμα (holokaútōma) mean in the Bible?
ὁλοκαύτωμα (holokaútōma): Offering consumed entirely by fire, signifying complete surrender and atonement to God.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3646?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include burnt offerings (2), In burnt offerings (1).
Where does ὁλοκαύτωμα (holokaútōma) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 12:33. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (2), Mark (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It burnt offerings 2× Mark 12:33, Hebrews 10:8
In burnt offerings 1× Hebrews 10:6
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 12:33
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Mark 1 Hebrews 2
Source forms
ὁλοκαυτώματα 1x holokautōmata Hebrews 10:8
Ὁλοκαυτώματα 1x Holokautōmata Hebrews 10:6
ὁλοκαυτωμάτων 1x holokautōmatōn Mark 12:33
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural 2x Hebrews 10:6, Hebrews 10:8
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural 1x Mark 12:33
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Offering consumed entirely by fire, signifying complete surrender and atonement to God.
Strong's G3646
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Jeremiah 14:10-12 Source Gloss
a wholly-consumed sacrifice ("holocaust")
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 12:33 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
ὁλοκαυτωμάτων olokautwmatwn
a whole burnt offering
Read verse Hebrews 10:6 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
ὁλοκαυτώματα olokautwmata
a whole burnt offering
Read verse Hebrews 10:8 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
ὁλοκαυτώματα olokautwmata
a whole burnt offering
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Mark 12:33 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Heb 10:6 · Heb 10:8 2×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
Whole burnt offerings rejected by God when offered without genuine repentance
Showing 1 selected witness from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ὁλοκαύτωμα is built from these roots:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain