3650. holos
Lexical Summary
holos: Whole, all, entire, complete

Original Word: ὅλος
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: holos
Pronunciation: HO-los
Phonetic Spelling: (hol'-os)
KJV: all, altogether, every whit, + throughout, whole
NASB: all, whole, entire, completely, entirely, full
Word Origin: [a primary word]

1. "whole" or "all", i.e. complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
all, altogether, whole.

A primary word; "whole" or "all", i.e. Complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb -- all, altogether, every whit, + throughout, whole.

HELPS Word-studies

3650 hólos (a primitive adjective and the root of the English term "whole") – properly, wholly, where all the parts are present and working as a whole – i.e. as the total, which is greater than the mere sum of the parts. This factor is especially significant in metaphorical contexts or those focusing on the spiritual plane.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. word
Definition
whole, complete
NASB Translation
all (49), all all (1), completely (1), entire (5), entirely (1), full (1), one piece (1), throughout (1), whole (49), wholly (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3650: ὅλος

ὅλος, ὅλῃ, ὅλον, the Sept. for כָּל (from Pindar (Homer) down), whole (all): with an anarthrous substantive five (six) times in the N. T., viz. ὅλον ἄνθρωπον, John 7:23; ἐνιαυτόν ὅλον, Acts 11:26; ὅλῃ Ἱερουσαλήμ, ; διετίαν ὅλην, ; ὅλους οἴκους, Titus 1:11; (to which add, δἰ ὅλης νυκτός, Luke 5:5 L T Tr WH). usually placed before a substantive which has the article: ὅλῃ Γαλιλαία, Matthew 4:23; ὅλῃ Συρία, ; καθ' ὅλην τήν πόλιν, Luke 8:39; ὅλον τό σῶμα, Matthew 5:29; Matthew 6:22; Luke 11:34; 1 Corinthians 12:17; James 3:2, etc.; (ὅλῃ ἐκκλησία, Romans 16:23 L T Tr WH); ὅλην τήν ἡμέραν, Matthew 20:6; Romans 8:36; ὅλος νόμος, Matthew 22:40; Galatians 5:3; James 2:10; ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ καρδία σου, Matthew 22:37; ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας σου, Mark 12:30, and many other examples it is placed after a substantive which has the article (Winers Grammar, 131 (124) note; Buttmann, § 125, 6): πόλις ὅλῃ, Mark 1:33; Acts 19:29 (Rec.); — (the distinction which Krüger, § 50,11, 7 makes, viz. that ὅλῃ πόλις denotes the whole city as opposed to its parts, but that ὅλῃ πόλις and πόλις ὅλῃ denotes the whole city in opposed to other ideas, as the country, the fields, etc., does not hold good at least for the N. T. where even in πόλις ὅλῃ the city is opposed only to its parts); add the following examples: Matthew 16:26; Matthew 26:59; Luke 9:25; Luke 11:36a; John 4:53; Romans 16:23 (R G); 1 John 5:19; Revelation 3:10; Revelation 6:12 G L T Tr WH; . It is subjoined to an adjective or a verb to show that the idea expressed by the adjective or verb belongs to the whole person or thing under consideration: Matthew 13:33; Luke 11:36b; Luke 13:21; John 9:34; John 13:10, (Xenophon, mem. 2, 6, 28). Neuter τοῦτο δέ ὅλον, Matthew 1:22; Matthew 21:4 (where G L T Tr WH omit ὅλον); ; δἰ ὅλου, throughout, John 19:23.

Topical Lexicon
Scope and Range of Meaning

Strong’s 3650 carries the idea of totality—something undivided, lacking nothing, reached in its full measure. Across the New Testament it may qualify places (“the whole land,” Matthew 4:23), people (“the whole crowd,” Mark 1:33), time (“the whole day,” Matthew 20:6), the human person (“with all your heart,” Matthew 22:37), moral obligation (“the whole law,” James 2:10) and even the created order (“the whole world,” 1 John 5:19). The word therefore gathers into one the parts that might otherwise be viewed separately and points to God’s concern for comprehensive, not partial, realities.

Whole-Person Devotion to God

The most memorable concentration of ὅλος appears in the Great Commandment: “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind’ ” (Matthew 22:37; cf. Mark 12:30; Luke 10:27). Here total love is not an abstract ideal but a covenant requirement that binds every faculty to God. Wholeness of love parallels the undivided heart that the Law and the Prophets have always demanded (Deuteronomy 6:5); Jesus re-affirms that comprehensive allegiance is still the foundational duty of the disciple (Matthew 22:40).

Holistic Salvation in Christ

Jesus’ ministry is repeatedly described in sweeping terms: He went “throughout all Galilee” (Matthew 4:23) and His fame spread “throughout the whole region” (Matthew 4:24). These summaries underscore the unlimited sufficiency of His saving work. The scope of redemption matches the scope of need: the gospel will be proclaimed “in all the world as a testimony to all nations” (Matthew 24:14). Acts shares the same perspective, ending with Paul “proclaiming the kingdom of God… with all boldness” (Acts 28:30-31), a narrative reminder that the gospel’s reach must not be truncated.

Corporate Wholeness of the Church

In Acts 9:31 the Church “throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace and was strengthened.” The use of ὅλος signals the unity of diverse congregations under one Lord. Paul extends the thought by addressing “all the saints” in “the whole region of Achaia” (2 Corinthians 1:1) and by thanking God that “your faith is proclaimed in all the world” (Romans 1:8). The term thus frames the Church as one organic body whose health and witness are measured in collective, not merely individual, terms.

Total Judgment and Cosmic Conflict

Eschatological passages also employ ὅλος. At the sixth seal “the whole moon turned blood-red” (Revelation 6:12), and the beast’s wound astonishes “the whole earth” (Revelation 13:3). In Revelation 12:9 the dragon is said to deceive “the whole world,” portraying comprehensive opposition that will require Christ’s complete victory. The word therefore magnifies both the extent of evil’s reach and the sweeping finality of divine judgment.

Moral Integrity and the Law

James warns, “Whoever keeps the whole law yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it” (James 2:10). Galatians 5:3 adds that circumcision obligates one “to keep the whole law.” The totality here exposes the futility of selective obedience and drives the reader to rest in Christ, who alone fulfilled the entire requirement on our behalf.

Warnings About Pervasive Influence

Paul and James alike employ ὅλος with the image of leaven: “A little leaven leavens the whole lump” (1 Corinthians 5:6; Galatians 5:9). Small compromises or errors, left unchecked, spread to corrupt the entire community. Conversely, Jesus illustrates the kingdom’s quiet but total permeation when “a woman took leaven and hid it in three measures of flour until it was all leavened” (Matthew 13:33). The term thus alerts believers both to sin’s subtle contagion and to the gospel’s transforming power.

Pastoral and Practical Implications

• Ministry that mirrors New Testament patterns must aim for whole-person discipleship, engaging heart, mind, soul, and strength.
• Evangelistic vision should be global in scope; partial coverage falls short of Christ’s mandate to reach “all creation.”
• Church discipline and teaching must guard against influences that threaten to leaven the whole body.
• Assurance rests in Christ’s holistic redemption—He is “the atoning sacrifice… for the sins of the whole world” (1 John 2:2).
• Hope embraces a consummation in which the Lord will finally subdue every enemy and renew the entire cosmos, leaving nothing outside His saving reign.

Summary

Strong’s 3650 gathers scriptural testimony into a single accent on completeness—of love, salvation, judgment, obedience, and ultimate restoration. The word invites believers to worship and serve God without reservation and to trust a Redeemer whose work embraces the whole of life and the entirety of creation.

Forms and Transliterations
ολη όλη ὅλη ὅλῃ ολην όλην ὅλην ολης όλης ὅλης ολον όλον ὅλον ολος όλος ὅλος ολοσχερώς ολου όλου ὅλου ολους όλους ὅλους ολω όλω ὅλῳ hole holē hóle hólē hólei hólēi holen holēn hólen hólēn holes holēs hóles hólēs holo holō hóloi hólōi holon hólon holos hólos holou hólou holous hólous ole olē olen olēn oles olēs olo olō olon olos olou olous
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Matthew 1:22 Adj-NNS
GRK: Τοῦτο δὲ ὅλον γέγονεν ἵνα
NAS: Now all this took place
KJV: Now all this was done,
INT: this moreover all came to pass that

Matthew 4:23 Adj-DFS
GRK: περιῆγεν ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ Γαλιλαίᾳ
NAS: Jesus was going throughout all Galilee,
KJV: Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching
INT: he went throughout all Galilee

Matthew 4:24 Adj-AFS
GRK: αὐτοῦ εἰς ὅλην τὴν Συρίαν
NAS: throughout all Syria;
KJV: went throughout all Syria: and
INT: of him into all Syria

Matthew 5:29 Adj-NNS
GRK: καὶ μὴ ὅλον τὸ σῶμά
NAS: of your body, than for your whole body
KJV: [that] thy whole body
INT: and not all the body

Matthew 5:30 Adj-NNS
GRK: καὶ μὴ ὅλον τὸ σῶμά
NAS: of your body, than for your whole body
KJV: [that] thy whole body
INT: and not all the body

Matthew 6:22 Adj-NNS
GRK: σου ἁπλοῦς ὅλον τὸ σῶμά
NAS: is clear, your whole body
KJV: single, thy whole body shall be
INT: of you clear [the] whole body

Matthew 6:23 Adj-NNS
GRK: πονηρὸς ᾖ ὅλον τὸ σῶμά
NAS: is bad, your whole body
KJV: evil, thy whole body shall be
INT: bad be all the body

Matthew 9:26 Adj-AFS
GRK: αὕτη εἰς ὅλην τὴν γῆν
NAS: spread throughout all that land.
KJV: went abroad into all that land.
INT: this into all the land

Matthew 9:31 Adj-DFS
GRK: αὐτὸν ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ γῇ
NAS: about Him throughout all that land.
KJV: fame in all that country.
INT: him in all the land

Matthew 13:33 Adj-ANS
GRK: οὗ ἐζυμώθη ὅλον
NAS: of flour until it was all leavened.
KJV: of meal, till the whole was leavened.
INT: which was leavened all

Matthew 14:35 Adj-AFS
GRK: ἀπέστειλαν εἰς ὅλην τὴν περίχωρον
NAS: Him, they sent [word] into all that surrounding district
KJV: into all that
INT: sent to all the region round about

Matthew 16:26 Adj-AMS
GRK: τὸν κόσμον ὅλον κερδήσῃ τὴν
NAS: he gains the whole world
KJV: if he shall gain the whole world, and
INT: the world whole he gain

Matthew 20:6 Adj-AFS
GRK: ὧδε ἑστήκατε ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν
NAS: here idle all day long?'
KJV: stand ye here all the day idle?
INT: here stand you all the day

Matthew 22:37 Adj-DFS
GRK: σου ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ καρδίᾳ
NAS: YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART,
KJV: God with all thy heart,
INT: of you with all the heart

Matthew 22:37 Adj-DFS
GRK: καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ψυχῇ
NAS: YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL,
KJV: and with all thy soul,
INT: and with all the soul

Matthew 22:37 Adj-DFS
GRK: καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ διανοίᾳ
NAS: YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.'
KJV: and with all thy mind.
INT: and with all the mind

Matthew 22:40 Adj-NMS
GRK: δυσὶν ἐντολαῖς ὅλος ὁ νόμος
NAS: depend the whole Law
KJV: commandments hang all the law and
INT: two commandments all the law

Matthew 24:14 Adj-DFS
GRK: βασιλείας ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ οἰκουμένῃ
NAS: shall be preached in the whole world
KJV: shall be preached in all the world for
INT: kingdom in all the earth

Matthew 26:13 Adj-DMS
GRK: τοῦτο ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ κόσμῳ
NAS: is preached in the whole world,
KJV: in the whole world,
INT: this in all the world

Matthew 26:56 Adj-NNS
GRK: Τοῦτο δὲ ὅλον γέγονεν ἵνα
NAS: But all this has taken place
KJV: But all this was done,
INT: this moreover all is come to pass that

Matthew 26:59 Adj-NNS
GRK: τὸ συνέδριον ὅλον ἐζήτουν ψευδομαρτυρίαν
NAS: the chief priests and the whole Council
KJV: elders, and all the council, sought
INT: the Council whole sought false evidence

Matthew 27:27 Adj-AFS
GRK: ἐπ' αὐτὸν ὅλην τὴν σπεῖραν
NAS: and gathered the whole [Roman] cohort
KJV: unto him the whole band [of soldiers].
INT: against him all the battalion

Mark 1:28 Adj-AFS
GRK: πανταχοῦ εἰς ὅλην τὴν περίχωρον
NAS: everywhere into all the surrounding district
KJV: throughout all the region round about
INT: everywhere in all the region around

Mark 1:33 Adj-NFS
GRK: καὶ ἦν ὅλη ἡ πόλις
NAS: And the whole city had gathered
KJV: And all the city was
INT: and was all the city

Mark 1:39 Adj-AFS
GRK: αὐτῶν εἰς ὅλην τὴν Γαλιλαίαν
NAS: throughout all Galilee,
KJV: synagogues throughout all Galilee, and
INT: of them in all Galilee

Strong's Greek 3650
110 Occurrences


ὅλῃ — 22 Occ.
ὅλην — 20 Occ.
ὅλης — 19 Occ.
ὅλῳ — 6 Occ.
ὅλον — 35 Occ.
ὅλος — 4 Occ.
ὅλου — 3 Occ.
ὅλους — 1 Occ.

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