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Lexicon :: Strong's G5287 - hypostasis

Aa
ὑπόστασις
Transliteration
hypostasis (Key)
Pronunciation
hoop-os'-tas-is
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a compound of ὑπό (G5259) and ἵστημι (G2476)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 8:572,1237

Strong’s Definitions

ὑπόστασις hupŏstasis, hoop-os'-tas-is; from a compound of G5259 and G2476; a setting under (support), i.e. (figuratively) concretely, essence, or abstractly, assurance (objectively or subjectively):— confidence, confident, person, substance.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G5287 in the following manner: confidence (2x), confident (1x), person (1x), substance (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G5287 in the following manner: confidence (2x), confident (1x), person (1x), substance (1x).

  1. a setting or placing under

    1. thing put under, substructure, foundation

  2. that which has foundation, is firm

    1. that which has actual existence

      1. a substance, real being

    2. the substantial quality, nature, of a person or thing

    3. the steadfastness of mind, firmness, courage, resolution

      1. confidence, firm trust, assurance

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὑπόστασις hupŏstasis, hoop-os'-tas-is; from a compound of G5259 and G2476; a setting under (support), i.e. (figuratively) concretely, essence, or abstractly, assurance (objectively or subjectively):— confidence, confident, person, substance.
STRONGS G5287:
ὑπόστασις, ὑποστάσεως, ἡ (ὑφίστημι), a word very common in Greek authors, especially from Aristotle onward, in widely different senses, of which only those will be noticed which serve to illustrate N. T. usage;
1. a setting or placing under; thing put under, substructure, foundation: Psalm 68:3 (Ps. 69:3); τοῦ οἴκου, Ezekiel 43:11; τοῦ τάφου, Diodorus 1, 66.
2. that which has foundation, is firm; hence,
a. that which has actual existence; a substance, real being: τῶν ἐν ἀερι φαντασμάτων τά μέν ἐστι κατ' ἐμφασιν, τά δέ καθ' ὑπόστασιν, Aristotle, de mundo, 4, 19, p. 395{a}, 30; φαντασίαν μέν ἔχειν πλούτου, ὑπόστασιν δέ μή, Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 3, 14; (ἡ αὐγή) ὑπόστασιν ἰδίαν οὐκ ἔχει, γεννᾶται δέ ἐκ φλογός, Philo de incorruptibil. mundi § 18; similarly in other writings (cf. Sophocles Lexicon, under the word, 5; Liddell and Scott, under the word, III. 2).
b. the substantial quality, nature, of any person or thing: τοῦ Θεοῦ (R. V. substance), Hebrews 1:3 (Wis. 16:21; ἴδε... τίνος ὑποστάσεως ἤ τίνος εἴδους τυγχάνουσιν οὕς ἐρεῖτε καί νομιζετε Θεούς, Epist. ad' Diogn. 2, 1 [ET]; (cf. Suicer, Thesaurus, under the word)).
c. steadiness of mind, firmness, courage resolution (οἱ δέ Ῥόδιοι θεωροῦντες τήν τόν Βυζαντινων ὑπόστασιν, Polybius 4, 50, 10; οὐχ οὕτω τήν δύναμιν, ὡς τήν ὑπόστασιν αὐτοῦ καί τολμᾶν καταπεπληγμενων τῶν ἐναντίων, id. 6, 55, 2; add, Diodorus 16, 32f; Josephus, Antiquities 18, 1, 6); confidence, firm trust, assurance: 2 Corinthians 9:4; 2 Corinthians 11:17; Hebrews 3:14; Hebrews 11:1 (for תִּקְוָה, Ruth 1:12; Ezekiel 19:5; for תּוחֶלֶת, Psalm 38:8 (Ps. 39:8)). Cf. Bleek, Br. an d. Hebrew ii. 1, pp. 60ff, 462ff; Schlatter, Glaube im N. T., p. 581.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Ruth
1:12
Psalms
38:8; 39:8; 68:3; 69:3
Ezekiel
19:5; 43:11
2 Corinthians
9:4; 11:17
Hebrews
1:3; 3:14; 11:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5287 matches the Greek ὑπόστασις (hypostasis),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:4 - For if any of the Macedonians should come with me and find that you are not ready to give, we would be humiliated (not to mention you) by this confidence we had in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:17 - What I am saying with this boastful confidence I do not say the way the Lord would. Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:3 - The Son is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:14 - For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence firm until the end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:1 - Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.
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