οὐσία
ousia · property
Greek word · Strong’s number G3776 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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ousia (οὐσία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “property”.
Estate, possessions.
How to say it
ou·si·a
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- What a person owns.
From Abbott-Smith (1922)
Where it appears
- Luke 15:12
And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me.’ So he divided his property between them.
- Luke 15:13
And not many days later, the younger son, gathering together everything, went away to a distant country, and there he squandered his estate living recklessly.