What does φωτεινός · ὅλος mean in the Bible?
φωτεινός · ὅλος is a Greek phrase meaning "wholly bright, entirely illumined".
Greek · G5460, G3650
φωτεινὸν ὅλον
Bright · all
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φωτεινός G5460 bright
Pronunciation phōteinós
Light-filled or radiant quality; contrasts with darkness (σκοτεινός) in describing both literal and spiritual illumination.
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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 φωτεινὸν ὅλον (phōteinon holon) mean in the Bible?
φωτεινός · ὅλος is a Greek phrase meaning "wholly bright, entirely illumined".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5460, G3650?
G5460, G3650 is connected to 5 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. wholly bright, entirely illumined
Source Gloss
wholly bright, entirely illumined
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 5 Case pattern Nominative (5) Number pattern Singular (5)
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 6:22 · Luke 11:34 · Luke 11:36 4×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 17:5 1×
Word Origins
φωτεινὸν ὅλον is built from this root:
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