Whole

Whole - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

WHOLE, a. Hole. [G., Gr. This seems to be connected with heal, hale. Of this the derivative wholesome, is evidence.]

1. All; total; containing the total amount or number, or the entire thing; as the whole earth; the whole world; the whole solar system; the whole army; the whole nation.

2. Complete; entire; not defective or imperfect; as a whole orange; the egg is whole; the vessel is whole.

3. Unimpaired; unbroken; uninjured.

My life is yet whole in me. 2 Sam 1.

4. Sound; not hurt or sick.

They that are whole need not a physician. Mat 9.

5. Restored to health and soundness; sound; well.

Thy faith hath made thee whole. Mark 5.

His hand was restored whole. Mark 3.

WHOLE, n.

1. The entire thing; the entire or total assemblage of parts. The whole of religion is contained in the short precept, Love God with all your heart, and your neighbor as yourself.

Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. Eccl 12.

2. A system; a regular combination of parts.

Wholesome - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

WHOLESOME, a. [G.]

1. Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; as wholesome air or diet; a wholesome climate.

2. Sound; contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion or prosperity; as wholesome advice; wholesome doctrines; wholesome truths.

3. Useful; salutary; conducive to public happiness, virtue or peace; as a wholesome law.

4. That utters sound words.

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life. Prov 15.

5. Kindly; pleasing; as a wholesome answer.

Wholesome ship, a ship that will try, hull and ride well.

hol, 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" (Ex 12:6, ere) was not unnatural, and it is in this later sense alone that the adverb "wholly" (Le 6:22, etc.) is used. "Wholesome," however, is derived from the earlier meaning of "whole." It occurs in Pr 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 1Ti 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