International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
WHOLE; WHOLESOMEhol, hol'-sum: "Whole," originally "hale" (a word still in poetic use), had at first the meaning now expressed by its derivative "healthy." In this sense "whole" is fairly common (Job 5:18, etc.) in English Versions of the Bible, although much more common in the New Testament than in the Old Testament. From this meaning "healthy," the transition to the modern force. "complete," "perfect," "entire" (Exodus 12:6, ere) was not unnatural, and it is in this later sense alone that the adverb "wholly" (Leviticus 6:22, etc.) is used. "Wholesome," however, is derived from the earlier meaning of "whole." It occurs in Proverbs 15:4, the King James Version, the English Revised Version, "a wholesome tongue" (rapha', "heal," the Revised Version margin "the healing of the tongue," the American Standard Revised Version "a gentle tongue"), and in 1 Timothy 6:3, the King James Version "wholesome words" (hugiaino, "be healthy," the Revised Version margin "healthful," the Revised Version (British and American) "sound").
Burton Scott Easton
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
a.) Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar system; the whole army; the whole nation.
2. (a.) Complete; entire; not defective or imperfect; not broken or fractured; unimpaired; uninjured; integral; as, a whole orange; the egg is whole; the vessel is whole.
3. (a.) Possessing, or being in a state of, heath and soundness; healthy; sound; well.
4. (n.) The entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts; totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a thing complete in itself.
5. (n.) A regular combination of parts; a system.
Strong's Hebrew
3605. kol -- the whole, allkol or kol. << 3604, 3605. kol or kol. 3606 >>. the
whole, all. Transliteration:
kol or kol Phonetic Spelling: (kole) Short Definition: all.
... /hebrew/3605.htm - 7k 3632. kalil -- entire, whole, a holocaust
... << 3631, 3632. kalil. 3633 >>. entire, whole, a holocaust. Transliteration: kalil
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-leel') Short Definition: perfect. ...
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3606. kol -- the whole, all
... << 3605, 3606. kol. 3607 >>. the whole, all. Transliteration: kol Phonetic
Spelling: (kole) Short Definition: all. Word Origin (Aramaic ...
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5930a. olah -- whole burnt offering
olah or olah. << 5930, 5930a. olah or olah. 5930b >>. whole burnt offering.
Transliteration: olah or olah Short Definition: offering. ...
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5930. olah -- whole burnt offering
... << 5929, 5930. olah. 5930a >>. whole burnt offering. Transliteration: olah Phonetic
Spelling: (o-law') Short Definition: ascent. ascent, go up to ...
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8003. shalem -- complete, safe, at peace
... << 8002, 8003. shalem. 8004 >>. complete, safe, at peace. Transliteration: shalem
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-lame') Short Definition: whole. ...
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3117. yom -- day
... 2), time (45), time* (1), times* (2), today (172), today* (1), usual (1), very old*
(1), when (10), when the days (1), whenever (1), while (3), whole (2), year ...
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7495. rapha -- to heal
... cure, cause to heal, physician, repair, thoroughly, make whole. Or raphah
{raw-faw'}; a primitive root; properly, to mend (by stitching ...
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8549. tamim -- complete, sound
... 1), entire (1), full (1), intact (1), integrity (4), perfect (5), sincerity (1),
unblemished (2), uprightly (1), who is perfect (1), whole (2), without blemish ...
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4749. miqshah -- perhaps hammered work
... Word Origin from the same as miqsheh Definition perhaps hammered work NASB Word
Usage hammered work (9). beaten out of one piece, work, upright, whole piece. ...
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