ὑπόστασις, -ews, ἡ, (ὑφίστημι), ἃ word very com. in Grk. auth., esp. fr. Aristot. on, 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: Ps. lxviii. (Ixix.) 3; τοῦ οἴκου, Ezek. xliii. 11; τοῦ τάφου, Diod. 1, 66. 2. that which has foundation, is firm; hence, a. that which has actual existence; a substance, real being: τῶν ἐν ἀέρι φαντασμάτων τὰ μέν ἐστι κατ᾽ ἔμφασιν, τὰ δὲ καθ᾽ ὑπόστασιν, Aristot. de mundo, 4, 19 p. 395%, 80; φαντασίαν μὲν ἔχειν πλούτου, ὑπόστασιν δὲ μή, Artem. oneir. 8, 14; (ἡ αὐγὴ) ὑπόστασιν ἰδίαν οὐκ ἔχει; γεννᾶται δὲ ἐκ φλογός, Philo de incorruptibil. mundi § 18; similarly in other writ. [ef. Soph. Lex. s.v. 5; L. and S. s. v. III. 2]. b. the substantial quality, nature, of any pers. or thing: τοῦ θεοῦ [R. V. substance], Heb. i. 3 (Sap. xvi. 21; te... τίνος ὑποστάσεως ἢ Tivos εἴδους τυγχάνουσιν οὗς ἐρεῖτε καὶ νομίζετε θεούς, Epist. ad Diogn. 2,1; [οἵ. Suicer, Thesaur. s. v.]). c. steadiness of mind, firmness, courage, resolution, (οἱ δὲ ἱΡόδιοι θεωροῦντες τὴν τῶν Βυζαντίνων ὑπόστασιν, Polyb. 4, 50, 10; οὐχ οὕτω τὴν δύναμιν, ὡς τὴν ὑπόστασιν αὐτοῦ καὶ τόλμαν καταπεπληγμένων τῶν ἐναντίων, id. 6, 55, 2; add, Diod. 16,32 54. ; Joseph. antt. 18, 1,6); confidence, firm trust, assurance: 2 Co. ix.4; xi. 17; Heb. iii. 14; xi. 1, (for πῆρ, Ruth i. 12; Ezek. xix. 5; for nonin, Ps. XXxvili. (xxxix.) 8). Cf. Bleek, Br. and. Hebr. ii. 1 pp. 60 sqq. 462 sqq.; Schlatter, Glaube im N. T. p. 581.

ὑπόστασις hypostasis 5x

pr. a standing under; a taking of a thing upon one’s self; an assumed position, an assumption of a specific character, 2 Cor. 11:17; an engagement undertaken with regard to the conduct of others, a vouching, 2 Cor. 9:4; or of one’s self, a pledged profession, Heb. 3:14; an assured impression, a mental realizing, Heb. 11:1; a substructure, basis; subsistence, essence, Heb. 1:3*

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 ;]

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

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

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).†

ὑπόστασις. For this important word we may begin by citing a few exx. of the common meaning ‘“‘substance,” ‘‘ property,” “effects”: P Oxy III. 48817 (ii/iii A.D.) πλέον τῆς ὑποστάσεως μου ἐν ὅλῃ ἀρούρῃ μιᾷ, ‘more land than I actually possess by one whole aroura”’ (Edd.), 76. X. 1274} (iii/a.D.) ἀπὸ δὲ ταύτης τῆ[-] ὑποστάσεως SHAG ὀφείλειν τὸν ἄνδρα μου ἐμοὶ. . ., ‘‘and out of this estate I declare that my husband owes me. . .,” (Edd.), P Flor I. 50° (A.D. 268) té[raptov μ]έρος ὑποστάσεως, P Oxy I. 138° (A.D. 610—611) κινδύνῳ ἐμῷ καὶ τῆς ἐμῆς ὑποστάσεως, ‘at the risk of myself and my property,” similarly 31, and 76. 139*8 (A.D. 612), and P Lond IV. 1343! (A.D. 709) σὺν ταῖς φαμηλίαις καὶ ὑποστί[άσεσιν, ‘‘ with their families and effects.” Note also P Petr III. 69 (a), p. 195. The document unfortunately is much mutilated, but it has been taken as meaning that “the owner of certain dovecots had underestimated their value in his ὑπόστασις, and that the officials were directed to sell his property and pay the difference to the treasury.” In P Tebt I. 61 (6) 194 (B.c. 118) τῆς ἐν τῶι Ky (ἔτει) ἀπὸ τῶν ἀπολειπου]σῶν παρὰ τὰς ὑπίοστάσεις τοῦ tB (ἔτους), the editors translate, “‘ concerning the land which was returned in the 23rd year as part of that which failed to come up to the expectations formed in the 12th”’: the same phrase occurs in 7}. 721 (B.c. 114-3). On P Eleph 15% (B.c. 223) ot δ᾽ ὑπογεγραμμένοι γεωργοὶ ἐπέδωκαν ἡμῖν ὑπόστασιν, Rubensohn remarks that ὑπόστασις is the substantive οἵ ὑφίστασθαι in a corresponding sense: it seems to mean a written undertaking. Cf. also P Cornell 50° (i/A.D.) κἂν μὲν ὑπόστασιν λάβῃς, δήλωσόν pot, where, as the editors point out, the context requires ‘‘acreement of sale,” rather than ‘declaration of pro[2 ’, υποστέλλω For the latter meaning we may cite P Tebt II. A.D. 190) ἔστιν ὑποστάσεως Tis κώϊμης. . ” perty.” 3367 (ce. “the amount standing in the name of the village. . . (Edd.), and the fragmentary P Fay 343 (ii/A.D.), a list of villages with amounts in kind under the heading ὑπόστασις. Still one other passage may be noted, P Oxy II. 237 Vii. 26 (A.D. 186) Tats τῶν ἀνδρῶν ὑποστάσεσιν, where, according to GH (p. 176), ὑπόστασις stands for ‘the whole body of documents bearing on the ownership of a person’s property, deposited in the archives, and forming the evidence of ownership.” These varied uses are at first sight somewhat perplexing, but in all cases there is the same central idea of something that znderiies visible conditions and guarantees a future possession. And as thisis the essential meaning in Heb 111, we venture to suggest the translation ‘‘ Faith is the ¢z¢/edeed of things hoped ἴον. In Heb 15, on the other hand, the notion of zzder/ying is applied in a different way. The history of the theological term ‘‘substance” is discussed by T. B. Strong in /7S ii. (1901), p. 224 ff., and iii. (1902), p. 22 ff. For an ex. of the adj. cf. the Andania mysteries-inscr. Syll 653 (= 736) (B.c. 92) καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν πρωτομυστᾶν τὸ ὑποστατικόν, where Dittenberger notes: ‘‘ Ab ὑποστῆναι, ‘subire, in se suscipere.’ Pecunia est quam tpwtoμύσται dare debent cum haec dignitas in eos confertur ’’— a fee on undertaking office.

ὑπόστασις (hupostasis) — confidence/essence. 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. αὐτῆς[LXX+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} [Refs]camp, [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+]