noun · feminine
ousias
Greekοὐσία (ousia)
Strong’sG3776
property, wealth
stem ousi-2 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** οὐσία, -ας, ἡ
(< οὖσα, fem. part. of εἰμί), [in LXX: To 14:13, III Mac 3:28*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3776 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidoo-see'-ah
substance, i.e. property (possessions)
Fromfrom the feminine of G5607;
King Jamesgoods, substance.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | ousias | ousiais |
| object accusative | ousian1×οὐσίαν | ousiain |
| direct address vocative | ousiar | ousiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | ousiau1×οὐσίας | ousiaiu |
| to, for dative | ousia | ousiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
ousia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
ousian“wealth”objectaccusative singular1×
Luke 15:13“wealth”kai meta ouk pollain hēmerain sunagaratos panteim tos neoteros huios apodēmata eis chōran makran, kai ekei diaskorpizata tan ousian autou zōarōtos asōtōs.After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.
ousiau“property”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Luke 15:12“property”kai legata tos neoteros autoiu to patēro; Patēror, dōasar mi tem epiballarōtem merem tau ousiau; tos de diairata autoi ton bion.The younger son said to him, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.