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Estate

οὐσίαStrong’s G3776

ousia

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Ousia is the Greek word usually translated “property” and “estate”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.”
Luke 15:12 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “property” and “estate”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • property 1
  • estate 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 2

1 book in all.

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Greek dictionary

οὐσία ousia · estate

οὐσία, -ας, ἡ (οὖσα, fem. part. of εἰμί), [in LXX: Tob.14:13, 3Ma.3:28 * ;] substance, property: Luk.15:12-13.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “estate” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

ESTA'TE,noun

[Latin status, from sto, to stand. The roots stb, std and stg, have nearly the same signification, to set, to fix. It is probable that the Latin sto is contracted from stad, as it forms steti.

  1. In a general sense, fixedness; a fixed condition; now generally written and pronounced state.
  2. Condition or circumstances of any person or thing, whether high or low. Luke 1:48
  3. Rank; quality.
  4. In law, the interest, or quantity of interest, a man has in lands, tenements, or other effects.
All definitions and other forms of “estate”
  1. Fortune; possessions; property in general.
  2. The general business or interest of government; hence, a political body; a commonwealth; a republic.
  3. Orders or classes of men in society or government. Mark 6:21“Herod made a supper for his chief estates” Mark 6:21

ESTA'TE, verb transitive

To settle as a fortune. [Little used.]

  1. To establish. [Little used.]

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.