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ὑπόστασις
hypóstasis

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

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Definition

From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary

Strong’s Definition

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

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

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*

Source: Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

Translated in KJV as

confidenceconfidentpersonsubstance

Etymology

from a compound of G5259 (ὑπό) and G2476 (ἵστημι);

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