Definition

things extant or in hand, i.e. property or possessions

Etymology

neuter plural of present participle active of G5225 (ὑπάρχω) as noun;

Where the KJV renders it

• goods
• that which one has
• things which (one) possesseth
• substance
• that hast

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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