noun · feminine

hupostasias

Greekὑπόστασις (hupostasis)

Strong’sG5287

assurance, substance, reality

stem hupostasi-5 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

confidence2×assurance1×confident1×nature1×

What it means

ὑπό-στασις, -εως, ἡ

(< ὑφίστημι, to set under, stand under, support) [in LXX for מַצָּב (I Ki 13:23 14:4 B), תִּקְוָה (Ru 1:12, Ez 19:5), etc., also in Wi 16:21;]

1. a support, base or foundation (in various senses).

2. substance (Arist., al.; opp. to φαντασία, ἔμφασις): He 1:3

3. steadiness, firmness (Polyb., al.), hence, assurance, confidence: II Co 9:4 11:17, He 3:14 11:1 (here perhaps title-deed, as that which gives reality or guarantee; v. MM, xxv).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5287 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhoop-os'-tas-is

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

Fromfrom a compound of G5259 and G2476;

King Jamesconfidence, confident, person, substance.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	hupostasias1×ὑπόστασις	hupostasiais
object accusative	hupostasian	hupostasiain
direct address vocative	hupostasiar	hupostasiair
of, belonging to genitive	hupostasiau2×ὑποστάσεως	hupostasiaiu
to, for dative	hupostasia2×ὑποστάσει	hupostasiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

hupostasistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

hupostasia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

hupostasias“assurance”subjectnominative singular1×

Hebrews 11:1“assurance”Atō de pistias elpizirōteiu hupostasias, pragmeiu elenchos ouk blepirōteiu;Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.

hupostasiau“nature”of, belonging togenitive singular2×

Hebrews 1:3“nature”hos arōtos apaugasmem tau doxau kai charaktēros tau hupostasiau autou, ferarōtos tē teim panteim te rēme tau dunamiau, dia heautou katharismon taiu hamartaiu poieratos kathizata en dexa tau megalōsunau en hupsēloi,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“confidence”metochois gar tou Christou ginanē, eanper tan archan tau hupostasiau mechris teleu bebaian katechaneia.We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.

hupostasia“confident”to, fordative singular2×

2 Corinthians 9:4“confident”mē pōs ean erchaleia sun mi Makedōnois kai heuriskaleia vin aparaskeuastoin kataischunineia nis, hina mē leganeiō vis, en ta hupostasia houta.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“confidence”hem lalamō ouk kata kurion lalamō, alla hōs en afrosuna, en houta ta hupostasia tau kauchēsiau.In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.