ΟΥ̓ΣΙΑΝ, οὐσιαν
OUSIAN, ousian
Sounds Like: oo-SEE-an
Translations: substance, a substance, essence, an essence, property, a property, wealth, a wealth, being, a being
From the root: ΟΥ̓ΣΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a person's property or wealth, or more abstractly, to the fundamental nature, essence, or being of something. It is used to describe what something truly is at its core, or the material possessions one owns.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3772 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Luke — 15:13
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΥ̓ΣΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΟΥ̓ΣΙ — (to) substance, (to) essence, (to) property, (to) wealth
- ΟΥ̓ΣΙΑ — substance, a substance, essence, being, property, wealth, a property, a wealth
- ΟΥ̓ΣΙΑΣ — of substance, of being, of essence, of property, of wealth
- ΟΥ̓ΣΙΩΝ — of substance, of being, of property, of possessions, of wealth
- ΤΗΝΟΥ̓ΣΙΑΝ — the substance, the essence, the property, the wealth, substance, essence, property, wealth
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