Bible study: what does holocaust mean?
Self-tutoring about the Bible and terms therein: the tutor mentions the term holocaust.
Holocausts appears in the Douay-Rheims version of Maccabees I: therein, it refers to burnt offerings.
The term holocaust evolves from the Greek one holokauston, which originates from a Hebrew word meaning a sacrifice to God utterly consumed by fire.
Since WWII, the Holocaust has come to mean the genocide of the European Jews by the Nazis.
Source:
Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane, Campbell River, BC.