hupostasias

ὑπόστᾰσις, εως, ἡ,
(ὑφίστημι, ὑφίσταμαι): as an act, standing under, supporting, ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ μηροῦ καὶ ὁ αὐχὴν τοῦ ἄρθρου.. ὑπὸ συχνῷ μέρει τοῦ ἰσχίου τὴν ὑ. πεποίηται LXX+5th c.BC+
2 resistance, τοῦ κύματος Refs 4th c.BC+ (unless = settling down); so perhaps in Refs 5th c.BC+
3 lying in ambush, Refs 5th c.BC+
B as a thing,
B.I in liquids, that which settles at the bottom, sediment, Refs 5th c.BC+; especially of sediment in the urine, Refs 5th c.BC+; but the urine itself is called ἡ ὑ. ἡ εἰς τὴν κύστιν, Refs 4th c.BC+
B.I.b an accumulation of pus, abscess, Refs 5th c.BC+
B.I.2 νέφους ὑποστάσεις cloud-cumuli, Refs 1st c.BC+
B.I.3 a kind of jelly or thick soup, in plural, Refs 4th c.BC+
B.I.4 metaphorically of time, duration, ἡ στιγμιαία τῶν καιρῶν ὑ. Refs 2nd c.AD+; μνήσθητι τίς μου ἡ ὑ. remember how short my time is, LXX; ἡ ὑ. μου ὡσεὶ οὐθὲν ἐνώπιόν σου mine age is as nothing before thee, Refs; ἐφ᾽ ὅσον αὐτοῦ (i.e. Ἕκτορος) ἡ ὑ. τῶν χρόνων ὑπῆρχεν as long as his store of years lasted, Refs 2nd c.AD+
B.I.5 coming into existence, origin, ἡ ὑ. μου ἐν τοῖς κατωτάτω τῆς γῆς LXX+1st c.AD+; ἀκμὴ οὐδὲ ἔχει γενέσεως ὑ. καθ᾽ ἑαυτήν has no power of originating by itself, Refs 2nd c.AD+
B.II foundation or substructure of a temple, etc., LXX+1st c.BC+; ὑποστάσεις ἐπάλξεων lower part of a crenellated wall, Refs 3rd c.BC+; ὑ. ξύλου is falsa lectio for{ὑπότασις ξ}. in Refs 5th c.BC+
B.II.2 metaphorically of a narrative, speech, or poem, ground-work, subject-matter, argument, Refs 2nd c.BC+
B.II.3 plan, purpose, Refs; οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι.. ἰδίᾳ τινὶ ὑ. κεχρημένοι εἰσί (i.e. in their calendar) Refs 1st c.BC+
B.II.4 confidence, courage, resolution, steadiness, of soldiers, Refs 2nd c.BC+; hope, ἔστι μοι ὑ. τοῦ γενηθῆναί με ἀνδρί LXX; ἀπώλετο ἡ ὑ. αὐτῆςLXX+NT; ἔστιν δὲ πίστις ἐλπιζομένων ὑπόστασις confidence in things hoped for, NT (unless substance be the right sense here).
B.II.5 undertaking, promise, οἱ ὑπογεγραμμένοι γεωργοὶ ἐπέδωκαν ἡμῖν ὑπόστασιν Refs 3rd c.BC+
B.II.6 Astrology texts, τὰ τούτου (i.e. κλήρου τύχης) τετράγωνα ὑπόστασις (perhaps -στάσεις) [λέγεται] Refs 2nd c.BC+
B.III substantial nature, substance, δύσσχιστα, τῷ κολλώδη τὴν ὑ. ἔχειν woods hard to cleave, because of their resinous substance, Refs 4th c.BC+
B.III.2 substance, actual existence, reality (οἱ νεώτεροι τῶν φιλοσόφων ἀντὶ τῆς οὐσίας τῇ λέξει τῆς ὑ. ἐχρήσαντο Refs 5th c.BC+; τῶν ἐν ἀέρι φαντασμάτων τὰ μέν ἐστι κατ᾽ ἔμφασιν, τὰ δὲ καθ᾽ ὑπόστασιν (substantial, actual), Refs 4th c.BC+; so ὑποστάσεις are the substances of which the reflections (αἱ κατοπτρικαὶ ἐμφάσεις) appear in the mirror, Refs; ὑ. ἔχειν have substantial existence, Refs 2nd c.BC+; ἰδίᾳ χρησάμενον ὑποστάσει (ὑποτάσει codex), πρὸς ἰδίαν ὑ. φυτευθέντα, a separate existence, Refs 2nd c.AD+; [ἡ παρασιτικὴ] διαφέρει καὶ τῆς ῥητορικῆς καὶ τῆς φιλοσοφίας.. κατὰ τὴν ὑ. (in respect of reality) · ἡ μὲν γὰρ ὑφέστηκεν, αἱ δὲ οὔ Refs 2nd c.AD+
B.III.3 real nature, essence, χαρακτὴρ τῆς ὑ. NT
B.IV as a Rhet. figure, the full expression or expansion of an idea, Refs 2nd c.AD+
B.V ={ὑπόστημα} Refscamp, LXX
B.VI wealth, substance, property,LXX+3rd c.AD+
B.VI.2 plural, title deeds, documents recording ownership of property, Refs 2nd c.AD+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.