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.
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