Substance
הוֹןStrong’s H1952hon
Appears in 26 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Hon is the Hebrew word usually translated “wealth”, “wealth of” and “enough”. It appears in 26 verses of the Old Testament.
“Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.”
Meaning
- Wealth, riches, substancewealth · price, high value
- Enough!, sufficiency
How it's translated
- wealth 12
- wealth of 4
- and wealth 2
- enough 2
- wealth your 2
- from wealth your 1
- and wealth of 1
- wealth his 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 18
- Ezekiel 4
- Psalms 3
- Song of Solomon 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 112:3Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
- Psalms 119:14I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
- Proverbs 1:13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
- Proverbs 3:9Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
- Proverbs 6:31But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
- Proverbs 8:18Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
Hebrew dictionary
הוֹן hon · substance
1) wealth, riches, substance 1a) wealth 1b) price, high value interj 2) enough!, sufficiency
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “substance” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SUB'STANCE, noun
[Latin substantia, substo; sub and sto, to stand.]
- In a general sense, being; something existing by itself; that which really is or exists; equally applicable to matter or spirit.
- That which supports accidents.
- The essential part; the main or material part.
- Something real, not imaginary; something solid, not empty.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.