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Notes: There may very well be certain significant differences of meaning in this series of degree expressions, but this is difficult, if not impossible, to determine from existing contexts.; It would seem that the meanings of items 70.1: ὅλως-70.4: ἀλήθεια / 70.4: ἐν / 70.4: κατά do reflect certain subtle differences, but it is not at all easy to determine precisely how they differ.

Form 1

Part of speech: advb.

Related lemmas: ὅλος

Sense 1: complete, completely, totally, totality

Semantic entry: 78.44

Semantic domains: Degree

Subdomains: Completely, Enough [Completive Degree]

Definition: a degree of totality or completeness{N:001}

Notes: In RV MAT 5:34 · LV MAT 5:34 · Read together MAT 5:34 ὅλως should not be interpreted as a qualifier of ὀμόσαι ‘to swear,’ for this is not a matter of ‘not swearing completely,’ but ὅλως is a degree attributive of the proposition ‘do not swear.’ In a number of languages the closest equivalent is ‘do not ever swear’ or ‘under no circumstances whatsoever make an oath.’

MAT 5:34: RV MAT 5:34 · LV MAT 5:34 · Read together MAT 5:34

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OET-RV MAT 5:34

34 But I’m telling you not to make oaths in the first place—don’t swear by heaven because it’s God’s throne,

OET-LV MAT 5:34

34 But I am _saying to _you _all not to_ actually _swear, neither by the heaven, because it _is the_throne of_ the _god,

CO1 6:7: RV CO1 6:7 · LV CO1 6:7 · Read together CO1 6:7

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OET-RV CO1 6:7

7 Actually, you’re all disgraced already for having lawsuits among yourselves. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

OET-LV CO1 6:7

7 Already therefore indeed actually a_loss for _you _all it _is, that lawsuits you _all _are _having with yourselves.
For/Because _reason why not rather you _all _are _being _wronged?
For/Because _reason why not rather you _all _are _being _defrauded?

Sense 2: actually, really

Semantic entry: 70.1

Semantic domains: Real, Unreal

Definition: pertaining to reality, with the implication of being generally known{N:002}

MAT 5:34: RV MAT 5:34 · LV MAT 5:34 · Read together MAT 5:34

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OET-RV MAT 5:34

34 But I’m telling you not to make oaths in the first place—don’t swear by heaven because it’s God’s throne,

OET-LV MAT 5:34

34 But I am _saying to _you _all not to_ actually _swear, neither by the heaven, because it _is the_throne of_ the _god,

CO1 5:1: RV CO1 5:1 · LV CO1 5:1 · Read together CO1 5:1

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OET-RV CO1 5:1

5 Actually, we’ve been hearing that there’s sexual immorality there among you all, and so bad that even non-believers don’t do it: a man is sleeping with his step-mother!

OET-LV CO1 5:1

5 Actually is _being _heard among you _all sexual _immorality, and such sexual _immorality which is not _even among the pagans, so _as the_wife someone of _his father to _be _having.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 5:34 · LV MAT 5:34 · Read together MAT 5:34

CO1: RV CO1 5:1 · RV CO1 15:29 · LV CO1 5:1 · LV CO1 15:29 · Read together CO1 5:1 · Read together CO1 15:29

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ὅλως

Form 1

Sense 1: complete, completely, totally, totality

Sense 2: actually, really