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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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A — 1: ὅλος

(Strong's #3650 — Adjective — holos — hol'-os )

for which see ALL , A, No. 3, and ALTOGETHER, signifies "whole," (a) with a noun, e.g., Matthew 5:29,30; Mark 8:36; 15:1,16,33; Luke 11:36 (1st part), though holon may here be used adverbially with photeinon, "wholly light" [as in the 2nd part, RV, "wholly (full of light)"]; John 11:50; 1 Corinthians 12:17 (1st part); 1 John 2:2; 5:19; (b) absolutely, as a noun, e.g., Matthew 13:33; 1 Corinthians 12:17 (2nd part).

A — 2: πᾶς

(Strong's #3956 — Adjective — pas — pas )

for which see ALL , A, No. 1, is sometimes translated "the whole" when used with the article, e.g., Matthew 8:32,34; Romans 8:22 .

A — 3: ἅπας

(Strong's #537 — Adjective — hapas — hap'-as )

for which see ALL , A, No. 2, is rendered "the whole," e.g., in Luke 19:37; 23:1 .

A — 4: ὁλόκληρος

(Strong's #3648 — Adjective — holokleros — hol-ok'-lay-ros )

from No. 1 and kleros, "a lot," is rendered "whole" in 1 Thessalonians 5:23 : see ENTIRE.

A — 5: ὑγιής

(Strong's #5199 — Adjective — hugies — hoog-ee-ace' )

(cp. Eng., "hygiene") is used especially in the Gospels of making sick folk "whole," Matthew 12:13; 15:31; Mark 3:5; 5:34; Luke 6:10; John 5:4,6,9,11,14,15; 7:23; also Acts 4:10; of "sound (speech)," Titus 2:8 . See SOUND.

A — 6: ὁλοτελής

(Strong's #3651 — Adjective — holoteles — hol-ot-el-ace' )

"wholly," 1 Thessalonians 5:23 , is lit., "whole-complete" (A, No. 1, and telos, "an end"), i.e., "through and through;" the Apostle's desire is that the sanctification of the believer may extend to every part of his being. The word is similar in meaning to No. 4; holokleros draws attention to the person as a "whole," holoteles, to the several parts which constitute him.

Note: In 1 Timothy 4:15 , the sentence freely rendered "give thyself wholly to them" is, lit., "be in these (things)."

B — 1: ὑγιαίνω

(Strong's #5198 — Verb — hugiaino — hoog-ee-ah'ee-no )

"to be in good health," akin to A, No. 5, is rendered "they that are whole" in Luke 5:31; "whole" in Luke 7:10 (present participle); "wholesome" in 1 Timothy 6:3 , AV (RV, "sound;" marg., "healthful"). See HEALTH , SOUND.

B — 2: σῴζω

(Strong's #4982 — Verb — sozo — sode'-zo )

"to save," is sometimes rendered "to make whole," and, in the Passive Voice, "to be made whole," or "to be whole," e.g., Matthew 9:21,22 (twice), and parallel passages; Acts 4:9 . See HEAL , SAVE.

B — 3: ἰάομαι

(Strong's #2390 — Verb — iaomai — ee-ah'-om-ahee )

"to heal," is rendered "to make whole," Matthew 15:28; Acts 9:34 , AV (RV, "health"). See HEAL.

B — 4: ἰσχύω

(Strong's #2480 — Verb — ischuo — is-khoo'-o )

"to be strong," is rendered "they that are whole" in Matthew 9:12; Mark 2:17 . See ABLE , B, No. 4.

B — 5: διασῴζω

(Strong's #1295 — Verb — diasozo — dee-as-odze'-o )

"to save thoroughly" (dia), is used in the Passive Voice and rendered "were made whole" in Matthew 14:36 , RV (AV, "were made perfectly whole"). See ESCAPE , HEAL , SAVE.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Whole, Wholly, Wholesome'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​w/whole-wholly-wholesome.html. 1940.
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