ὁλοκαύτ-ωμα G3646
burnt offering, a sacrifice completely consumed by fire
A burnt offering is a sacrifice wholly consumed by fire on the altar, offered to God as an act of worship and atonement. Jesus quotes Scripture: obedience and love matter more than 'burnt offerings' (Mark 12:33). Hebrews cites Psalm 40: God takes no pleasure in 'burnt offerings and sin offerings' (Heb 10:6, 8). The term represents the entire sacrificial system that Christ's once-for-all sacrifice supersedes. Spanish 'holocaustos' and French 'holocauste' preserve the Greek term meaning 'wholly burnt.'
Senses
1. sense 1 — A burnt offering, a type of Old Testament sacrifice in which the entire animal was consumed by fire on the altar as an offering to God. Mark 12:33 contrasts love with all burnt offerings. Hebrews 10:6, 8 (quoting Psalm 40) declare God's displeasure with mere ritual burnt offerings, pointing to Christ's superior sacrifice. The Greek ὁλοκαύτωμα literally means 'wholly burnt,' from ὅλος (whole) + καίω (burn). Spanish and French 'holocausto/holocauste' directly transliterate this compound, preserving the total-consumption imagery. 3×
AR["المُحرَقاتِ", "مُحْرَقَات"]·ben["হোমবলি", "হোমবলিগুলি", "হোমবলির"]·DE["Brandopfer"]·EN["burnt-offerings"]·FR["holocauste"]·heb["עוֹלוֹת"]·HI["होमबलि", "होमबलि,", "होमबलियों"]·ID["korban-bakaran", "korban-korban-bakaran,"]·IT["olokautomaton", "olokautōmata"]·jav["kurban-kurban-obongan", "kurban-obaran"]·KO["번제들과", "번제들보다"]·PT["holocaustos"]·RU["всесожжений", "всесожжения"]·ES["holocaustos"]·SW["sadaka-za-kuteketezwa"]·TR["Yakılan-sunuları", "yakılan-sunuları", "yakılmış-sunuların"]·urd["سوختنی-قربانیاں", "سوختنی-قربانیوں"]
Related Senses
H3548 1. priest, cultic officiant (750×)G5547 1. Christ, Messiah, Anointed One (540×)H5030 1. Prophet, divine spokesperson (317×)H5930a 1. burnt offering (sacrifice) (286×)H3881 1. Levites (priestly class) (283×)G4396 1. prophet, spokesperson of God (146×)H6944 1. sanctuary, holy place (129×)G0749 1. high priest, chief priest (123×)H6944 2. holiness, sacredness (abstract quality) (123×)G5330 1. Pharisee (99×)G4336 1. pray to God (86×)H6944 3. holy things, sacred offerings (plural) (86×)H3722a 1. make ritual atonement (Piel) (85×)H6912 1. bury (Qal active) (82×)H6419 1. pray (Hitpael) (80×)H6944 4. holiness (with possessive pronoun) (77×)H6942 1. sanctify, consecrate (Piel factitive) (76×)H2930a 1. Qal: be/become unclean (75×)H7819a 1. slaughter an animal (Qal active) (72×)H1486 1. lot (object cast for decisions) (71×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ὁλοκαύτ-ωμα, ατος, τό, burnt-offering, LXX+1st c.AD+