ΥΠΟΣΤΑΣΙΝ, υποστασιν
YPOSTASIN, ypostasin
Sounds Like: hoo-pos-TA-sin
Translations: substance, a substance, assurance, an assurance, confidence, a confidence, reality, a reality, person, a person, existence, an existence, foundation, a foundation, support, a support
From the root: ΥΠΟΣΤΑΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to that which stands under or supports something, hence a foundation or basis. It can also denote the essential nature or reality of something, its substance. In a more abstract sense, it can mean assurance or confidence, particularly in the New Testament, referring to the firm conviction or guarantee of something hoped for. It can also refer to an individual 'person' or 'existence'.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5287 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 1:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Deuteronomy — 1:12, 11:6
- Judges — 6:4
- 1 Samuel — 14:4
- Psalms of Solomon — 15:7, 17:26
- Jeremiah — 10:17
- Ezekiel — 26:11, 43:11
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΟΣΤΑΣΙΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΥΠΟΣΤΑΣ — substance, a substance, assurance, an assurance, confidence, a confidence, reality, a reality, foundation, a foundation, existence, an existence
- ΥΠΟΣΤΑΣΕΙ — to substance, to reality, to assurance, to confidence, to steadfastness, to foundation, to existence, to being, to a substance, to a reality, to an assurance, to a confidence, to a steadfastness, to a foundation, to an existence, to a being
- ΥΠΟΣΤΑΣΕΩΣ — of substance, of essence, of reality, of confidence, of assurance, of steadfastness, of existence, of foundation
- ΥΠΟΣΤΑΣΙΣ — substance, a substance, reality, a reality, assurance, an assurance, confidence, a confidence, person, a person, existence, an existence, foundation, a foundation
- ΥΠΟΣΤΗΣΙΣ — substance, reality, assurance, confidence, person, a substance, a reality, an assurance, a confidence, a person
- ΥΠΟΣΤΩΣΙΝ — substance, a substance, reality, a reality, confidence, a confidence, assurance, an assurance
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