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Goods:

goodz (rekhush, Tubh; ta huparchonta): In the Old Testament rekhush ("substance") is most frequently translated "goods," as in Ge 14:11,12,16,21, etc.; Tubh is also 3 times so translated in the King James Version (Ge 24:10, the Revised Version (British and American) "goodly things," margin "all the goods"; Ne 9:25, the Revised Version (British and American) "good things"; Job 20:21, the Revised Version (British and American) "prosperity"). Other words, are ?on (Job 20:10, the Revised Version (British and American) "wealth"); Chayil ("force," Nu 31:9; Ze 1:13, the Revised Version (British and American) "wealth"); Tobh (De 28:11, the Revised Version (British and American) "for good"; Ec 5:11); mela'khah ("work," Ex 22:8,11); nikhcin (Aramaic "riches," Ezr 6:8; 7:26); Qinyan, "getting" (Eze 38:12 f). We have ta huparchonta (literally, "the things existing") in Mt 24:47, "ruler over all his goods," the Revised Version (British and American) "all that he hath," etc. Agathos is translated "goods" in Lu 12:18 f; skeuos ("instrument") in Mt 12:29; Mr 3:27; ta sa ("the things belonging to thee") in Lu 6:30; ousia ("substance") in Lu 15:12, the Revised Version (British and American) "substance"; huparxis ("existence," "substance") in Ac 2:45; plouteo ("to be rich") in Re 3:17, the Revised Version (British and American) "have gotten riches." In the Revised Version (British and American) "goods" stands instead of "carriage" (Jud 18:21), of "stuff" (Lu 17:31), of "good" (1 Joh 3:17). "Goods" was used in the sense of "possessions" generally; frequently in this sense in Apocrypha (1 Esdras 6:32); ta huparchonta (Tobit 1:20); Ecclesiasticus 5:1, "Set not thy heart upon thy goods" (chrema), etc.

Written by W. L. Walker

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Goods:

For the neuter plural of agathos, used as a noun, "goods," see Luk 12:18, 19, where alone this word is so rendered.

Goods:

primarily, "subsistence," then, "substance, property, goods" (akin to huparcho, "to exist, be, belong to"), is translated "goods" in Act 2:45; "possession." RV (AV, "substance") in Hbr 10:34.

Goods:

which denotes

(a) "life, lifetime,"

(b) "livelihood, living, means of living," is translated "goods" in 1Jo 3:17, RV (AV, "good").
See LIFE, No. 2.

Goods:

"a vessel," denotes "goods" in Mat 12:29; Mar 3:27; Luk 17:31, RV (AV, "stuff").
See VESSEL.

Notes:

(1) The neuter plural of the present participle of huparcho, is used as a noun denoting "goods," in Mat 24:47, AV "his goods," RV, "that he hath;" "goods" in Mat 25:14; Luk 11:21; 16:1; 19:8; 1Cr 13:3; in Hbr 10:34 (1st part).

(2) In Luk 6:30 "thy goods" translates the neuter plural of the possessive pronoun with the article, lit., "thy things," or possessions.

(3) In Rev 3:17, the AV "I am... increased with goods" translates the perfect tense of the verb plouteo, "to be rich;" RV, "I have gotten riches."

(4) See SUBSTANCE.