ὑπόστασις: Difference between revisions

|txtha=ὑποστάσεως, ἡ ([[ὑφίστημι]]), a [[word]] [[very]] [[common]] in Greek authors, [[especially]] from [[Aristotle]] [[onward]], in [[widely]] [[different]] senses, of [[which]] [[only]] those [[will]] be noticed [[which]] [[serve]] to [[illustrate]] N. T. [[usage]];<br /><b class="num">1.</b> a setting or placing [[under]]; [[thing]] [[put]] [[under]], substructure, [[foundation]]: τοῦ οἴκου, τοῦ τάφου, Diodorus 1,66.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[that]] [[which]] has [[foundation]], is [[firm]]; [[hence]],<br /><b class="num">a.</b> [[that]] [[which]] has [[actual]] [[existence]]; a [[substance]], [[real]] [[being]]: τῶν ἐν ἀερι φαντασμάτων τά [[μέν]] ἐστι κατ' ἐμφασιν, τά δέ καθ' ὑπόστασιν, [[Aristotle]], de mundo, 4,19, p. 395{a}, 30; φαντασίαν [[μέν]] ἔχειν πλούτου, ὑπόστασιν δέ μή, Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 3,14; (ἡ [[αὐγή]]) ὑπόστασιν ἰδίαν [[οὐκ]] [[ἔχει]], γεννᾶται δέ ἐκ [[φλογός]], [[Philo]] de incorruptibil. mundi § 18; [[similarly]] in [[other]] writings (cf. [[Sophocles]] Lexicon, [[under]] the [[word]], 5; Liddell and Scott, [[under]] the [[word]], III:2).<br /><b class="num">b.</b> the [[substantial]] [[quality]], [[nature]], of [[any]] [[person]] or [[thing]]: τοῦ Θεοῦ (R. V. [[substance]]), [[ἴδε]] ... τίνος ὑποστάσεως ἤ τίνος εἴδους τυγχάνουσιν οὕς ἐρεῖτε καί νομιζετε Θεούς, Epist. ad' Diogn. 2,1 [ET]; (cf. Suicer, Thesaurus, [[under]] the [[word]])).<br /><b class="num">c.</b> [[steadiness]] of [[mind]], [[firmness]], [[courage]] [[resolution]] (οἱ δέ Ῥόδιοι θεωροῦντες [[τήν]] [[τόν]] Βυζαντινων ὑπόστασιν, [[Polybius]] 4,50, 10; [[οὐχ]] [[οὕτω]] [[τήν]] δύναμιν, ὡς [[τήν]] ὑπόστασιν [[αὐτοῦ]] καί τολμᾶν καταπεπληγμενων τῶν ἐναντίων, id. 6,55, 2; [[add]], Diodorus 16,32 f; Josephus, Antiquities 18,1, 6); [[confidence]], [[firm]] [[trust]], [[assurance]]: תִּקְוָה, תּוחֶלֶת, Psalm 39:8>)). Cf. Bleek, Br. an d. [[Hebrew]] ii. 1, pp. 60ff, 462ff; Schlatter, Glaube im N. T., p. 581.