Lexicon holotelés: complete, perfect Original Word: ὁλοτελής, έςPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: holotelés Phonetic Spelling: (hol-ot-el-ace') Short Definition: perfect, complete Definition: perfect, complete, all. HELPS word-Studies 3651 holotelḗs (an adjective, derived from 3650 /hólos, "whole" and 5056 /télos, "end-purpose") – properly, wholly (holistically), "fully-layered" (all levels present) – describing someone reaching the end-goal of "entire sanctification." 3651 /holotelḗs ("entirely") is only used in 1 Thes 5:23. [3651 /holotelḗs is rare outside the NT, but occurs four times in Hermas (about ad 140) – again expressing the idea of "full continuity (unbroken, complete)" (TDNT, 5, 174).] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom holos and telosDefinitioncomplete, perfect NASB Translationentirely (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3651: ὁλοτελήςὁλοτελής, ὁλοτελες ( ὅλος, τέλος), perfect, complete in all respects: 1 Thessalonians 5:23. ( Plutarch, plac. philos. 5, 21; (Field, Hexapla, Leviticus 6:23; Psalm 50:21); ecclesiastical writings.)
Strong's wholly. From holos and telos; complete to the end, i.e. Absolutely perfect -- wholly. see GREEK holos see GREEK telos |
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