Quick Definition
property, wealth
Strong's Definition
substance, i.e. property (possessions)
Derivation: from the feminine of G5607 (ὤν);
KJV Usage: goods, substance
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
οὐσία, οὐσίας, ἡ (from ὤν, οὖσα, ὄν, the participle of εἰμί), what one has, i. e. property, possessions, estate (A. V. substance): Luk_15:12 f. (Tob_14:13; Herodotus 1, 92; Xenophon, Plato, Attic orators, others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
οὐσία ousia 2x
substance, property, goods, fortune, Luk_15:12-13
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** οὐσία , -ας , ἡ
( <οὖσα , fem. part. of εἰμί ),
[in LXX : Tob_14:13 , 3Ma_3:28 * ;]
substance, property: Luk_15:12-13 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
οὐσία [page 467]
property in land, estate (cf. Luk_15:12 f. ) can be illustrated from Ptolemaic times by P Tebt I. 6 .23 (B.C. 140 139) ἀ ]π᾽ οὐσιῶν , with reference to the proceeds derived from properties. In Roman times the word is very common, e.g. P Ryl II. 126 .7 (A.D. 28 9) γεωρ ]γοῦ τῆς Ἰουλίας Σεβ [αστῆς ] οὐσίας , farmer on the estate of Julia Augusta, ib. 138 .10 (A.D. 34) τῶν ἐλαιώνων τῆς αὐτῆς οὐσίας , the olive-yards of the aforesaid estate, P Oxy III. 471 .97 (ii/A.D.) τὴν οὐσίαν αὐτοῦ καὶ τῆς γυναικὸς καὶ τῶν περὶ αὐτὸν ἀναλη [[μ ]]φθῆναι κελεύεις , you order his property and that of his wife and friends to be confiscated (Edd.), al. The word is used of Imperial estate in such a passage as P Ryl II. 134 .8 (A.D. 34) γεωργοῦ τῆ [ς ] Τιβερίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ οὐσία (ς ) Γερμανικιανῆς , farmer on the Germanician estate of Tiberius Caesar Augustus. For the corresponding use of the adj. οὐσιακός , cf. P Tebt II. 317 .17 (A.D. 174 5) ἐπὶ τοῦ κρατίστου οὐσιακοῦ ἐπιτ [ρό ]που Οὐλπίου Ἡρακλείδου , before his highness the procurator of the Imperial estates (Edd.), al. , and on the οὐσιακὴ γῆ as the patrimonial possession of the Emperor, see Chrest. I. i. p. 298 ff.
For οὐσία in the sense of essence, being, cf. P Leid W vii. 38 (ii/iii A.D.) (= II. p. 105) ἀποσκεδασθήτω μου πᾶσα φηλόξ ( l. φλόξ ), πᾶσα δύναμις οὐσίας (cf. MGr πάνω στὴν οὐ ., in the prime of life ), and on the general use of οὐσία , and οὐσιάζω in the magic papyri, see Wiener Studien xl. (1918), p. 5 ff. For the ὁμοούσιος of the Creeds Sharp ( Epict. p. 128) compares Epict. ii. 8. 2 τίς οὖν οὐσία θεοῦ ; σάρξ ; μὴ γένοιτο κτλ .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
οὐσία οὐσία, ἡ, [Etym: οὖσα, part. fem. of εἰμι] "that which is one's own, one's substance, property", Hdt. , Eur. = τὸ εἶναι, "being, existence", Plat. ; τὰς ἄπαιδας οὐσίας her childless "state", Soph. "the being, essence, nature" of a thing, Plat. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
οὐσία, -ας, ἡ
(οὖσα, fem. part. of εἰμί), [in LXX: Tob.14:13, 3Ma.3:28 * ;]
substance, property: Luk.15:12-13.†
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