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• HOLOCAUST (Gr. b'orcavcrov, or okbeavrov, wholly burnt)

HOLOCAUST (Gr. b'orcavcrov, or okbeavrov, wholly burnt)  , strictly a See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice wholly destroyed by See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire, such as the sacrifices of the See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews, described in the See also:

• PENTATEUCH

Pentateuch as " whole burnt offerings " (see SACRIFICE) . The See also:

• TERM

term is now often applied to a See also:

• CATASTROPHE (Gr. Karaurpoch, from KaraQrp4ecv, to over-turn)

catastrophe on a large See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale, whether by fire or not, or to a See also:

• MASSACRE

massacre or slaughter .