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Property

ὕπαρξιςStrong’s G5223

huparxis

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Huparxis is the Greek word usually translated “goods” and “possession”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.”
Acts 2:45 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • goods 1
  • possession 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1
  • Hebrews 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ὕπαρξις huparxis · property

ὕπαρξις, -εως, ἡ (ὑπάρχω), [in LXX for רְכוּשׁ, הוֹן, etc. ;] 1. subsistence, existence (Arist., al.). 2. In late writers, = τὰ ὑπάρχοντα, substance, property: Heb.10:34; pl., Act.2:45.† (AS)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

PROP'ERTY, noun

[This seems to be formed directly from proper. The Latin is proprietas.]

  1. A peculiar quality of any thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; called by logicians an essential mode.
  2. An acquired or artificial quality; that which is given by art or bestowed by man.
  3. Quality; disposition.
  4. The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing; ownership.
All definitions and other forms of “property”
  1. Possession held on one's own right.
  2. The thing owned; that to which a person has the legal title, whether in his possession or not.
  3. An estate, whether in lands, goods or money; as a man of large property or small property
  4. An estate; a farm; a plantation.
  5. Nearness or right.
  6. Something useful; an appendage; a theatrical term.
  7. Propriety. [Not in use.]

PROP'ERTY, verb transitive

To invest with qualities, or to take as one's own; to appropriate. [An awkward word and not 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.