Hypóstasis — G5287

Definition

feminine noun

a setting under (support), i.e. (figuratively) concretely, essence, or abstractly, assurance (objectively or subjectively)

1. a setting or placing under
2. that which has foundation, is firm
1. that which has actual existence
2. the substantial quality, nature, of any person or thing
3. steadiness of mind, firmness, courage resolution

Usually translated as

confidence, confident, person, substance

Origin

from a compound of G5259 and G2476

• hypó (G5259)
• hístēmi (G2476)

Occurrences

Hypóstasis occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Corinthians (2), Hebrews (3)

• 2 Corinthians 9:4 — Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident (ὑποστάσει) boasting.
• 2 Corinthians 11:17 — That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence (ὑποστάσει) of boasting.
• Hebrews 1:3 — Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person (ὑποστάσεως), and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
• Hebrews 3:14 — For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence (ὑποστάσεως) stedfast unto the end;
• Hebrews 11:1 — Now faith is the substance (ὑπόστασις) of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.