ΟΛΟΚΑΥΤΕΙΝ, ολοκαυτειν
OLOKAUTEIN, olokautein
Sounds Like: oh-loh-kow-TAYN
Translations: to offer a whole burnt offering, to burn completely, to sacrifice entirely
From the root: ΟΛΟΚΑΥΤΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb meaning to offer a sacrifice that is entirely consumed by fire, often referred to as a 'whole burnt offering'. It is used in contexts describing religious rituals where an animal or other offering is completely burned on an altar as an act of worship or atonement. It emphasizes the complete consumption of the offering.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G3645 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 3:6
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΛΟΚΑΥΤΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΟΛΟΚΑΥΤΕΙ — to burn whole, to offer a whole burnt offering, to sacrifice wholly
- ΟΛΟΚΑΥΤΕΙΤΑΙ — is offered as a whole burnt offering, is completely consumed by fire, is sacrificed wholly
- ΩΛΟΚΑΥΤΗΣΑΝ — they offered whole burnt offerings, they burned up completely, they sacrificed wholly
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