113 occurrences in 13 translations

'Substance' in the Bible

For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

Verse ConceptsFlood, TheRainWeeksElements, Control OfDivine Power Over NatureSeven DaysMore Than One MonthGod KillingGod Killing All People

And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

Verse ConceptsFlood, TheCovenant, God's with NoahRemnantDeath Of CreaturesGod KillingSole SurvivorsDeath Of Other GroupsGod Killing All People

And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

Verse ConceptsAbraham

And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Calling And LifeLiving TogetherPeople Providing

And they take the whole substance of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the whole of their food, and go away;

Verse ConceptsGathering Food

and they take Lot, Abram's brother's son (seeing he is dwelling in Sodom), and his substance, and go away.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of Escaping

and he bringeth back the whole of the substance, and also Lot his brother and his substance hath he brought back, and also the women and the people.

Verse ConceptsRestoring ThingsTaking Other People

And the king of Sodom saith unto Abram, 'Give to me the persons, and the substance take to thyself,'

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Characteristics OfSlavery, In Ot

And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

Verse ConceptsLeaving Egyptpossessions

And he saith unto him, 'Thou -- thou hast known that which I have served thee in, and that which thy substance was with me;

Verse ConceptsPeople With General KnowledgeServing IndividualsThose Who Kept Stock

and God taketh away the substance of your father, and doth give to me.

Verse ConceptsGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of GodTaking Animals

and leadeth all his cattle, and all his substance which he hath acquired, the cattle of his getting, which he hath acquired in Padan-Aram, to go unto Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.

Verse ConceptsDriving

Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

Verse ConceptsLiving In The LandTaking Possession

And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesPeople Parting

for their substance was more abundant than to dwell together, and the land of their sojournings was not able to bear them because of their cattle;

Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialPeople ProvidingWealthy Peoplepossessions

When the layer of dew evaporated, on the surface of the desert a fine flaky substance, as fine as frost, appeared on the ground.

Verse ConceptsFrostSmall ThingsCold Weather

The house of Israel named the substance manna. It resembled coriander seed, was white, and tasted like wafers made with honey.

Verse ConceptsFoodBread, Kinds OfHerbs And SpicesMannaQuestionsTasteWhiteHoneyWafersDelicaciesCorianderPeople Naming Things

and they see the God of Israel, and under His feet is as the white work of the sapphire, and as the substance of the heavens for purity;

Verse ConceptsFeetSkyTheophanyColors, BluePrecious StonesThose Who Saw GodPavementsClean ObjectsSky, Figurative UseJewellery And GodPurityThe Rainbow

And the sons of Israel take captive the women of Midian, and their infants; and all their cattle, and all their substance, and all their wealth they have plundered;

Verse ConceptsSlavery, In OtSpoils Of WarDealing With Young People

And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts.

And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:

Verse ConceptsSwallowing

Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.

your wives, your infants, and your substance, abide in the land which Moses hath given to you beyond the Jordan, and ye -- ye pass over by fifties, before your brethren, all the mighty ones of valour, and have helped them,

Verse ConceptsRiver CrossingsPeople HelpingBeyond JordanRules About Young People

For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.

Verse ConceptsTribes Of Israel

And all the men of Judah answer against the men of Israel, 'Because the king is near unto us, and why is this -- ye are displeased about this matter? have we at all eaten of the king's substance? a gift hath he lifted up to us?'

Verse ConceptsRelatives

And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's.

And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsCommanderRankAssembling Leaders

And again, because of my delighting in the house of my God, the substance I have -- a peculiar treasure of gold and silver -- I have given for the house of my God, even over and above all I have prepared for the house of the sanctuary:

Verse ConceptsDonationsAffectionconstruction

behold, Jehovah will smite with a great stroke thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy substance,

Verse ConceptsTragedy

And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.

Verse ConceptsThe Youngest Child

He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD.

Verse ConceptsNew Moon Festival

Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.

Verse ConceptsMaterialism, As An Aspect Of Sin

And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance.

Verse ConceptsThree Thousand And UpThirty Thousand And Up

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

Verse ConceptsFasting, Reasons ForFasting, Practice OfAttitudes Of HumilityJourneyRepentance, Examples OfRivers And StreamsTeachablenessCanalsHumbling OneselfFastingFasting And Prayer

And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.

Verse ConceptsCriminalselders, as community leadersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfConfiscationAnarchyExcommunication

His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

Verse ConceptsLivestockAbundance, MaterialLargenessSheepShepherds, As OccupationsYokesGod Is ImmanentFour To Five HundredThree Thousand And UpSeven ThousandOwning LivestockFour And Five HundredGreat IndividualsMultitudes Of DonkeysPossessing SheepWealthy Peoplepossessions

Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

Verse ConceptsSatan, Work OfBlessed By GodGod's ProtectionFamily FirstProtecting Your Familypossessions

The work of his hands Thou hast blessed, and his substance hath spread in the land, and yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike against anything that he hath -- if not: to Thy face he doth bless Thee!'

Verse Conceptsevil, origins ofHand Of GodSatan, Work OfTouching To HarmWoundsCursing God

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

Verse ConceptsHarvestNot Reaping What You SowOvercoming Obstacles

Will a man take food which has no taste without salt? or is there any taste in the soft substance of purslain?

Verse ConceptsEggsMonotonyWhiteTastelessnessTastelessSournesslegacy

Is not my help with me, And substance driven from me?

Verse ConceptsHelplessnessPowerlessnessNo Helpdeliverance

Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?

Verse ConceptsAvoiding Bribes

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

Verse ConceptsTransient WealthDrawbacks To Riches

That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.

Verse ConceptsDrawbacks To Riches

Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

Verse ConceptsMaterialism, As An Aspect Of Sin

Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.

Verse ConceptsStormsGod Dispensing WindThe Storms Of Life

He sheweth by it to his friend substance, Anger against perversity.

Verse ConceptsStormsSoundThunder Showing God's Presence

The wicked [those who live in disobedience to God’s law] are not so,But they are like the chaff [worthless and without substance] which the wind blows away.

Verse ConceptsWindWicked Described AsChaffLight As ChaffThe Wicked Will Perish

From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual MalnutritionLimitednessBabiesThriftSins Of The FathersLack Of HolinessFutility Of Worldly Pursuits

He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:

Verse ConceptsAuthority Delegated To People

He also struck down all the firstborn in their land,The first fruits and chief substance of all their strength.

Verse ConceptsFirstbornDeath Of The FirstbornGod KillingGod Killed The PeoplesFamily Strengthmanhood

My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

Verse ConceptsembroideryGod's Providential ControlInside And OutActing In SecretAspects Of People Made Known

We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

Verse ConceptsPlunderingFilling Houses

Say not thou to thy friend, 'Go, and return, and to-morrow I give,' And substance with thee.

Verse ConceptsMan's Action TomorrowHelping OthersHaving A Good DayFriendship KjvGiving Backtomorrowhelphelping

But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

Verse ConceptsRestitutionSevenfoldKarmathievespotential

That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.

Verse ConceptsTreasureLoving GoodWisdom Gives Wealth

The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

Verse ConceptsProverbsRighteous, TheStomachsPlenty Through GodThe SoulRejectionA Good ManFeeding The Poorhunger

Abundance of food -- the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment.

Verse ConceptsPoverty, Causes OfPlenty For The PoorAgricultureInjusticeFeeding The Poor

Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, are lips of knowledge.

Verse ConceptsGoldJewelsLipsMoney, Attitudes ToSpeech, Positive Aspects OfJewelleryInternal Adornmentjewelry

I got men-servants, and maid-servants, and sons of the house were to me; also, I had much substance -- herd and flock -- above all who had been before me in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsOwning LivestockGroups Of Slaves

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

Verse ConceptsFlowing WaterQuenchingLove Of Jesus, To The SaintsLove Towards Christ, The Nature OfRomance

But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.

Verse ConceptsRemnantNames And Titles For The ChristianTreesStumps Of A TreeA Tenth Of People

Look, all of them are nothing, their accomplishments are nonexistent; their metal images lack any real substance.

Verse ConceptsConfusionVanityIdols Not Existingimage

Then the Lord said to me, The prophets say false words in my name, and I gave them no orders, and I said nothing to them: what they say to you is a false vision and wonder-working words without substance, the deceit of their hearts.

Verse ConceptsDivination, Practiced ByDeception Through False TeachersVisionsDivinationWicked ProphetsProphets Who Were Not SentFalse Apostles, Prophets And Teachers

Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.

Verse ConceptsTreasureFree Of Chargeborders

O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.

Verse ConceptsHigh PlacesTreasureborders

They have seen visions without substance and made use of secret arts, who say, The Lord has said; and the Lord has not sent them: hoping that the word would have effect.

Verse ConceptsDeception Through False TeachersProphets Who Were Not SentMan's Words Fulfilled

Have you not seen a vision without substance and have you not falsely made use of secret arts, when you say, The Lord has said; though I have said nothing?

Verse ConceptsProphets Who Were Not Sent

So this is what the Lord has said: Because your words are without substance and your visions are false, see, I am against you, says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsGod Opposing

And my hand will be against the prophets who see visions without substance and who make false use of secret arts: they will not be in the secret of my people, and they will not be recorded in the list of the children of Israel, and they will not come into the land of Israel; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lord.

Verse ConceptsDeceit Leading to JudgmentGod's HandEntering The KingdomFalse VisionsGod OpposingGod's Hands In Opposition

Tarshish dealt with thee by reason of the abundance of all substance; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they furnished thy markets.

Verse ConceptsLeadIronMineralsSilverTinCommerce

Damascus dealt with thee because of the multitude of thy handiworks, by reason of the abundance of all substance, with wine of Helbon, and white wool.

Verse ConceptsSheepWoolCommerceWhite Hair

Thy substance, and thy markets, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, they that repair thy leaks, and they that barter with thee, and all thy men of war that are in thee, along with all thine assemblage which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of thy fall.

Verse ConceptsMarinersSoldiersSealing ThingsThings Fallingsailing

When thy wares went forth over the seas, thou filledst many peoples; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the abundance of thy substance and of thy merchandise.

To take a spoil, and to take a prey, To turn back thy hand on inhabited wastes, And on a people gathered out of nations, Making cattle and substance, Dwelling on a high part of the land.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingArchaeologyThe Middle

Sheba, and Dedan, and merchants of Tarshish, And all its young lions say to thee: To take a spoil art thou come in? To take a prey assembled thine assembly? To bear away silver and gold? To take away cattle and substance? To take a great spoil?

Verse ConceptsPlunderingTradeAmericaAmerica In Biblical Prophecy

'And the king of the north hath turned back, and hath caused a multitude to stand, greater than the first, and at the end of the times a second time he doth certainly come in with a great force, and with much substance;

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalMany CombatantsReturn From The Northarmy

Peaceably even into the fertile places of the province He cometh, and he hath done that which his fathers did not, nor his fathers' fathers; prey, and spoil, and substance, to them he scattereth, and against fenced places he deviseth his devices, even for a time.

Verse ConceptsEvil PlansShort Time For ActionDividing The Spoil

And he turneth back to his land with great substance, and his heart is against the holy covenant, and he hath wrought, and turned back to his land.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingSatan, Agents OfIndividuals going homeCovenant Made At Sinai

In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away captive his substance, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.

Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;

Verse ConceptsRejoicing In EvilNatural Disasters

Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.

Verse ConceptsBronzeHornsProfitsPunishment, Nature OfThreshingConsecrationGrinding PeopleThings Like IronFeet Of Creatures

verily I say to you, that over all his substance he will set him.

For -- as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance,

Verse ConceptsTalentsRich, TheLikeningEntrustingLikening ThingsPropertyGifts And Talentsmathlent

And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.

Verse ConceptsMoney, Stewardship OfNamed WivesSupportMinistryprovidingpossessionsministering

and the younger of them said to the father, Father, give me the portion of the substance falling to me, and he divided to them the living.

Verse ConceptsPropertyDadsdivision

but when this thy son, who has devoured thy substance with harlots, is come, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

Verse ConceptsBitterness, Examples OfProstitutionWantonnessFat AnimalsKilling Domesticated AnimalsEating Cattle

I praise and appreciate you because you remember me in everything and you firmly hold to the traditions [the substance of my instructions], just as I have passed them on to you.

Verse ConceptsFellowship, In The GospelCommendationPreaching, Content OfTraditionsComplimentsChristian TraditionsPraising Specific Peoplemindfulness

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
יקוּם 
Y@quwm 
Usage: 3

און 
'own 
Usage: 12

הוּה 
Havvah 
Usage: 16

הון 
Hown 
Usage: 26

חיל 
Chayil 
Usage: 243

כּוח כּח 
Koach 
Usage: 126

מצּבת 
Matstsebeth 
Usage: 6

מקנה 
Miqneh 
Usage: 76

עצם 
`otsem 
Usage: 3

קים 
Qiym 
Usage: 1

קנין 
Qinyan 
substance , of...getting , goods , riches , with
Usage: 10

רכשׁ רכוּשׁ 
R@kuwsh 
Usage: 28

תּשׁיּה תּוּשׁיּה 
Tuwshiyah 
Usage: 11

οὐσία 
Ousia 
Usage: 0

ὕπαρξις 
Huparxis 
Usage: 2

ὑπάρχοντα 
Huparchonta 
Usage: 5

ὑπόστασις 
Hupostasis 
Usage: 5

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