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Bible Encyclopedias
Holocaust
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(Gr. Akavarov, or OXbKau-rov, wholly burnt), strictly a sacrifice wholly destroyed by fire, such as the sacrifices of the Jews, described in the Pentateuch as "whole burnt offerings" (see Sacrifice). The term is now often applied to a catastrophe on a large scale, whether by fire or not, or to a massacre or slaughter.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Holocaust'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/h/holocaust.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Holocaust'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/h/holocaust.html. 1910.
