ΩΛΟΚΑΥΤΗΣΑΝ, ωλοκαυτησαν
ŌLOKAUTĒSAN, ōlokautēsan
Sounds Like: oh-loh-KAH-tee-san
Translations: they offered whole burnt offerings, they burned up completely, they sacrificed wholly
From the root: ΟΛΟΚΑΥΤΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the act of offering a sacrifice that is completely consumed by fire, known as a whole burnt offering or holocaust. It is often used in religious contexts, particularly in the Old Testament (Septuagint) and New Testament, to refer to sacrifices made to God where the entire animal or offering is burned.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, Third Person Plural
Strong’s number: G3646 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 7:319
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
- ΟΛΟΚΑΥΤΕΙΝ — to offer a whole burnt offering, to burn completely, to sacrifice entirely
- ΟΛΟΚΑΥΤΕΙΤΑΙ — is offered as a whole burnt offering, is completely consumed by fire, is sacrificed wholly
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