G5287: ὑπόστασις
hypóstasis · “confidence/essence”
Definition
a setting under (support), i.e. (figuratively) concretely, essence, or abstractly, assurance (objectively or subjectively)
KJV translates it as: confidence, confident, person, substance
Word origin: from a compound of G5259 (ὑπό) and G2476 (ἵστημι);
Extended definition
(ὑφίστημι, to set under, stand under, support) [in LXX for מַצָּב (1Ki.13:23 14:4 B), תִּקְוָה (Rut.1:12, Eze.19:5), etc., also in Wis.16:21 ;]
1. a support, base or foundation (in various senses).
2. substance (Arist., al.; opposite to φαντασία, ἔμφασις): Heb.1:3
3. steadiness, firmness (Polyb., al.), hence, assurance, confidence: 2Co.9:4 11:17, Heb.3:14 11:1 (here perhaps title-deed, as that which gives reality or guarantee; see MM, xxv).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G5287 is translated
- confidence ×2
- substance ×1
- assurance ×1
- the assurance, ×1
Bible verses with G5287 (hypóstasis)
Hypóstasis appears in 5 verses.
- 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 boasting.
- 2 Corinthians 11:17
That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
- Hebrews 1:3
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, 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 stedfast unto the end;
- Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.