confidence/essence

Greek Noun Female

ὑπό-στασις, -εως, ἡ (ὑφίστημι, to set under, stand under, support) [in LXX for מַצָּב (1Ki.13:23 14:4 B), תִּקְוָה (Rut.1:12, Eze.19:5), etc, also in Wis.16:21;] 1) a support, base or foundation (in various senses). 2) substance (Arist, al; opposite to φαντασία, ἔμφασις): Heb.1:3 3) steadiness, firmness (Polyb, al.), hence, assurance, confidence: 2Co.9:4 11:17, Heb.3:14 11:1 (here perhaps title-deed, as that which gives reality or guarantee; see MM, xxv). (AS)

confidence/essence

Greek Noun Female

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+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

a setting under (support), i.e. (figuratively) concretely, essence, or abstractly, assurance (objectively or subjectively); confidence, confident, person, substance; from a compound of g5259 (ὑπό) and g2476 (ἵστημι)