ὑπόστασις hypóstasis
Meaning
a setting under (support), i.e. (figuratively) concretely, essence, or abstractly, assurance (objectively or subjectively)
In the King James Version: confidence, confident, person, substance
Derivation: from a compound of G5259 (ὑπό) and G2476 (ἵστημι);
Where it is used
- 2 Corinthians 9:4 Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.
- 2 Corinthians 11:17 In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.
- Hebrews 1:3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
- Hebrews 3:14 We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.
- Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.