Goods
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goodz (רכוּשׁ, rekhūsh, טוּב, ṭūbh; τὰ ὑπάρχοντα, tá hupárchonta):
In the Old Testament
- rekhūsh (“substance”) is most frequently translated “goods,” as in Genesis 14:11, Genesis 14:12, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 14:21, etc.;
- ṭūbh is also 3 times so translated in the King James Version (Genesis 24:10, the Revised Version (British and American) “goodly things,” margin “all the goods”; Nehemiah 9:25, the Revised Version (British and American) “good things”; Job 20:21, the Revised Version (British and American) “prosperity”).
Other words, are
- 'ōn (Job 20:10, the Revised Version (British and American) “wealth”);
- ḥayīl (“force,” Numbers 31:9; Zephaniah 1:13, the Revised Version (British and American) “wealth”);
- ṭōbh (Deuteronomy 28:11, the Revised Version (British and American) “for good”; Eclesiastes 5:11);
- melā'khāh (“work,” Exodus 22:8, Exodus 22:11);
- nikhṣīn (Aramaic “riches,” Ezra 6:8; Ezra 7:26);
- kinyān, “getting” (Ezekiel 38:12 f).
We have
- ta huparchonta (literally, “the things existing”) in Matthew 24:47, “ruler over all his goods,” the Revised Version (British and American) “all that he hath,” etc.
- Agathós is translated “goods” in Luke 12:18 f;
- skeúos (“instrument”) in Matthew 12:29; Mark 3:27;
- tá sá (“the things belonging to thee”) in Luke 6:30;
- ousía (“substance”) in Luke 15:12, the Revised Version (British and American) “substance”;
- húparxis (“existence,” “substance”) in Acts 2:45;
- ploutéō (“to be rich”) in Revelation 3:17, the Revised Version (British and American) “have gotten riches.” In the Revised Version (British and American) “goods” stands instead of “carriage” (Judges 18:21), of “stuff” (Luke 17:31), of “good” (1 John 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” (cḥrḗma), etc.
