Quick Definition
καθόλου Adv entirely, at all
Strong's Definition
from 2596 and 3650; on the whole, i.e. entirely
KJV Usage: at all
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
advb. | ὅλος
78.44 · Degree · Completely, Enough [Completive Degree]
complete, completely, totally, totality a degree of totality or completeness
1 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.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καθόλου (i. 6. καθ᾽ ὅλου [as it is written in auth. before Aristot.” (L. and S.)]), adv., wholly, entirely, at all: Acts iv. 18. ({Ex. xxii. 11]; Ezek. xiii. 3, 22; Am. iii. 8,4; Xen., Plat., Dem., Aristot. and sqq.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καθόλου katholou 1x
on the whole, entirely, in general, altogether, completely; with a negative, not at all, Acts 4:18*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
καθόλου
(= καθ’ ὅλου and so in cl. bef. Arist.),
adv.,
[in LXX: Ex 22:11(10), Am 3:3, 4; Ez 13:3, 22 17:14 (τὸ κ, μή = לְבִּלְתִּי), Da LXX TH 3:50*;]
on the whole, in general: μή κ., not at all, Ac 4:18.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
| καθόλου. P Tebt I. 2777 (B.c. 113) καθόλου δ᾽ ἐνθυμηθεὶς ἡλίκην συμβάλλεται ἥ περὶ τὰ ὑποδεικνύμεν[α] προσοχὴι τοῖς πράγμασι ῥοπήν, ‘in general consider how great an impulse attention to the matters indicated gives to business” (Edd.), P Oxy II. 23919 (A.D. 66) εἰς μηδένα λόγον τῷ καθόλου, ‘*for no purpose whatever,” zd. 267% (A.D. 36) als (se. δραχμαῖς) οὐδὲν τῶι καθόλου προσῆκται, “to which nothing at all has been added” (Edd.). In P Ryl II. 1743 (Α.Ὁ. 112) in connexion with the repayment of a loan provision is made that certain parties will not proceed against others— π]ερὶ ἄλλου μηδενὸς ἁπλῶς πράγματος μηδὲ ὀφειλήματος μηδὲ [μηδενὸ]ς τῷ καθόλου ἐνγράπτου μηδὲ ἀγράφου ἀπὸ τῶν ἔμπροσθεν χρόνω(ν) [μέχρι] τῆς ἐνεστώσης ἡμέρας τρόπῳ μηδενί, ““ on any matter at all or debt or count of any kind whatsoever, written or unwritten, in the past down to the present day, in any manner” (Edd.). Cf. OG/S 715% where the highest financial official in Egypt is described as placed ἐπὶ τῶν καθ᾽ ὅλου λόγων : see also s.v. καθολικός.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
καθόλου (katholou) — at all. καθόλου, adverb on the whole, in general, ={καθ᾽ ὅλου} (as it should perhaps be written), Epist.Philipp. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. γράφειν, opposed to κατὰ μέρος, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱ κ. λόγοι general statements, opposed to οἱ ἐπὶ μέρους, [Refs 4th c.BC+] (but in Roman times, accounts kept by the central government, = Latin summae rationes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τοῦτο γάρ ἐστι κ. μᾶλλον too general, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ τῶν κ. πραγμάτων σύνταξις general history, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τὸ κ. [Refs 1st c.BC+] the whole amount left, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν τῷ κ. in general, speaking generally, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. in the Logic of [Refs 4th c.BC+]. general, opposed to τὸ καθ᾽ ἕκαστον (singular), λέγω δὲ κ. μὲν ὃ ἐπὶ πλειόνων πέφυκε κατηγορεῖσθαι, καθ᾽ ἕκαστον δὲ ὃ μή [Refs]; opposed to τὸ κατὰ μέρος, [Refs]; hence, τὰ κ. universal truths, ἡ ποίησις μᾶλλον τὰ κ., ἡ δ᾽ ἱστορία τὰ καθ᾽ ἕ. λέγει [Refs]; especially commensurate predicate, ὃ ἂν κατὰ παντός τε ὑπάρχῃ καὶ καθ᾽ αὑτὸ καὶ ᾗ αὐτό [Refs]; as adjective, of propositions, λόγος κ. a universal statement, opposed to ἐν μέρει, κατὰ μέρος (particular), ἀδιόριστος (infinite), [Refs] {κάθομα}; of inference, ἡ κ. ἀπόδειξις universal proof, opposed to κατὰ μέρος, [Refs]; hence, as predicate, κ. εἰσὶν [αἱ ἀρχαί] [Refs]; as adverb, κ. ἀποφαίνεσθαι ἐπὶ τοῦ κ. [Refs]
3. completely, entirely, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; οὐδὲ κ. μακρὸν πλοῖον no warships at all,[LXX+5th c.BC+]