Words the Bible translates as reality
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- sōmaσῶμαthe solid reality that casts a shadow: the thing itself, as against a mere outline of it.
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- the body: a living creature's whole physical self, a frame of many parts working as one, and by extension the person or the community that frame stands for.
- slaves: human beings counted and traded as property.
- pragmaπρᾶγμαa matter or affair: a concrete thing that is done or has to be dealt with, whether a deed, an unspecified affair, a legal case, or the reality behind an appearance
- hupostasisὑπόστασιςthe real being or substance of something: what it actually is beneath how it appears
+2 more meanings
- a firm, settled confidence: assurance held onto without wavering
- an undertaking or venture being carried through: a concrete plan one has committed to
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