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goodz (רכוּש×, rekhuÌ„sh, טוּב, tÌ£uÌ„bh; τὰ ὑπαÌÏχοντα, taÌ hupaÌrchonta): In the Old Testament rekhuÌ„sh (“substanceâ€) is most frequently translated “goods,†as in , , , , etc.; tÌ£uÌ„bh is also 3 times so translated in the King James Version (, the Revised Version (British and American) “goodly things,†margin “all the goodsâ€; , the Revised Version (British and American) “good thingsâ€; , the Revised Version (British and American) “prosperityâ€). Other words, are 'oÌ„n (, the Revised Version (British and American) “wealthâ€); hÌ£ayı̄l (“force,†; , the Revised Version (British and American) “wealthâ€); tÌ£oÌ„bh (, the Revised Version (British and American) “for goodâ€; ); melaÌ„'khaÌ„h (“work,†, ); nikhṣı̄n (Aramaic “riches,†; ); kinyaÌ„n, “getting†( f). We have ta huparchonta (literally, “the things existingâ€) in , “ruler over all his goods,†the Revised Version (British and American) “all that he hath,†etc. AgathoÌs is translated “goods†in f; skeuÌos (“instrumentâ€) in ; ; taÌ saÌ (“the things belonging to theeâ€) in ; ousıÌa (“substanceâ€) in , the Revised Version (British and American) “substanceâ€; huÌparxis (“existence,†“substanceâ€) in ; plouteÌoÌ„ (“to be richâ€) in , the Revised Version (British and American) “have gotten riches.†In the Revised Version (British and American) “goods†stands instead of “carriage†(), of “stuff†(), of “good†(). “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†(chÌ£reÌ„Ìma), etc.