What does ὑπόστασις (hypóstasis) mean in the Bible?
ὑπόστασις (hypóstasis): Confidence grounded in objective reality; the assurance that gives substance to hope or trust.
Greek · G5287
ὑπόστασις
Confidence/essence
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ὑπόστασις G5287
Pronunciation hypóstasis
What does ὑπόστασις (hypóstasis) mean in the Bible?
ὑπόστασις (hypóstasis): Confidence grounded in objective reality; the assurance that gives substance to hope or trust.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5287?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include confident (2), [the] assurance (1), assurance (1), nature (1).
Where does ὑπόστασις (hypóstasis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Corinthians 9:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (3), 2 Corinthians (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It confident 2× 2 Corinthians 9:4, 2 Corinthians 11:17
[the] assurance 1× Hebrews 11:1
assurance 1× Hebrews 3:14
nature 1× Hebrews 1:3
Show sample aligned rows
2 Corinthians 9:4 ὑποστάσει to confident Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 2 Corinthians 11:17 ὑποστάσει to confident Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Hebrews 1:3 ὑποστάσεως to nature Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Hebrews 3:14 ὑποστάσεως to assurance Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Hebrews 11:1 ὑπόστασις to [the] assurance Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 2 Corinthians 9:4
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 2
2 Corinthians 2 Hebrews 3
Source forms
ὑποστάσει 2x hypostasei 2 Corinthians 9:4, 2 Corinthians 11:17
ὑποστάσεως 2x hypostaseōs Hebrews 1:3, Hebrews 3:14
ὑπόστασις 1x hypostasis Hebrews 11:1
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 2x 2 Corinthians 9:4, 2 Corinthians 11:17
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 2x Hebrews 1:3, Hebrews 3:14
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Hebrews 11:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Confidence grounded in objective reality; the assurance that gives substance to hope or trust.
Strong's G5287
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 3 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Hebrews 11:1-7 Source Gloss
confidence/essence
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
2 Corinthians 9:4 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ὑποστάσει upostasei
assurance, substance, reality
Read verse 2 Corinthians 11:17 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ὑποστάσει upostasei
assurance, substance, reality
Read verse Hebrews 1:3 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ὑποστάσεως upostasewv
assurance, substance, reality
Read verse Hebrews 3:14 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ὑποστάσεως upostasewv
assurance, substance, reality
Read verse Hebrews 11:1 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ὑπόστασις, upostasiv
assurance, substance, reality
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Dative (2) Number pattern Singular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Heb 11:1 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Heb 1:3 · Heb 3:14 2×
Dative · Singular · Feminine 2 Cor 9:4 · 2 Cor 11:17 2×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
assurance, foundation
Showing 1 selected witness from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
Why This Word Matters
Defines faith as confident substance of hope. Hebrews 11:1-7
Canonical Themes
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain