Yᵉqûwm — H3351

Definition

masculine noun

properly, standing (extant), i.e. by implication, a living thing

1. living substance, that which stands or exists, existence, substance

Usually translated as

substance

Origin

from H6965

• Derived from Qûwm (H6965)

Greek equivalents

• hypóstasis (G5287)

Occurrences

Yᵉqûwm occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Deuteronomy (1)

• Genesis 7:4 — For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance (הַיְקוּם֙) that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
• Genesis 7:23 — And every living substance (הַיְק֣וּם) 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.
• Deuteronomy 11:6 — 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 (הַיְקוּם֙) that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel: