Words the Bible translates as substance
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- sōmaσῶμαthe 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.
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- slaves: human beings counted and traded as property.
- the solid reality that casts a shadow: the thing itself, as against a mere outline of it.
- yeshיֵשׁthere is, there are: the word that asserts something exists, is present, or is at hand
- hupostasisὑπόστασιςthe real being or substance of something: what it actually is beneath how it appears
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- a firm, settled confidence: assurance held onto without wavering
- an undertaking or venture being carried through: a concrete plan one has committed to
- rekhushרְכוּשׁmovable property: the goods, livestock, and belongings a person or group owns and can carry
- honהוֹןwealth: the material riches, goods, and substance a person or nation has amassed
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- "Enough!": the cry of being satisfied, used of things that never are
- onאוֹןvigor: the productive strength held in a body, above all a man's prime, and by extension the property that strength piles up
- qinyanקִנְיָןwhat someone has gotten hold of: acquired property, goods and wealth, and now and then the getting of it.
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