What does ὅλως (hólōs) mean in the Bible?
ὅλως (hólōs) is a Greek word meaning "at all".
Greek · G3654
ὅλως
At all
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ὅλωςG3654
Pronunciationhólōs
What does ὅλως (hólōs) mean in the Bible?
ὅλως (hólōs) is a Greek word meaning "at all".
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How does the BSB render G3654?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include at all (2), {are} thoroughly (1), {It is} actually (1).
Where does ὅλως (hólōs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 5:34. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (3), Matthew (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 Itat all2×Matthew 5:34, 1 Corinthians 15:29
{are} thoroughly1×1 Corinthians 6:7
{It is} actually1×1 Corinthians 5:1
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 5:34
Aligned rows4
Books represented2
Matthew11 Corinthians3
Source forms
ὅλως3xholōsMatthew 5:34, 1 Corinthians 6:7, 1 Corinthians 15:29
Ὅλως1xHolōs1 Corinthians 5:1
Parsing patterns
Adverb4xMatthew 5:34, 1 Corinthians 5:1, 1 Corinthians 6:7, 1 Corinthians 15:29
Evidence Summary
Greek word. at all
Strong'sG3654
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms1 form4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
at all
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 5:34Adverb
ὅλως·olwv
wholly, altogether, not at all
Read verse1 Corinthians 5:1Adverb
Ὅλωςolwv
wholly, altogether, not at all
Read verse1 Corinthians 6:7Adverb
ὅλωςolwv
wholly, altogether, not at all
Read verse1 Corinthians 15:29Adverb
ὅλωςolwv
wholly, altogether, not at all
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms4
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Matt 5:34 · 1 Cor 5:1 · 1 Cor 6:7 · 1 Cor 15:294×
Word Origins
ὅλως is built from this root: