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Lexicon :: Strong's G5287 - hypostasis

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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 Box 2Co 9:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:4 - For if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—not to say anything about you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:17 - In this self-confident boasting I am not talking as the Lord would, but as a fool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:3 - The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:14 - We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:1 - Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
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