hypostas

Swedish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑπόστασις (hupóstasis).

Noun

hypostas c

  1. (theology) hypostasis (any of the three persons of the Holy Trinity)
    Synonym: person
    • 1862, Viktor Rydberg, Bibelns lära om Kristus [The Bible's Teaching About Christ]‎[1], Handelstidningens bolags tryckeri, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 29 March 2025:
      Det var sannerligen icke Jesus, utan kyrkomötena, som […] [gav oss] treenigheten […] och dess tre hypostaser.
      It certainly wasn't Jesus, but the church councils, that gave us the Trinity and its three hypostases.
    • 2010, Lars Cavallin, transl., Katolska kyrkans katekes [Catechism of the Catholic Church]‎[2], Catholica, archived from the original on 23 November 2025, §252:
      Kyrkan använder […] begreppet "person" eller "hypostas" för att beteckna Fadern, Sonen och den helige Ande.
      The Church uses the term "person" or "hypostasis" to designate the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Declension

Declension of hypostas
nominative genitive
singular indefinite hypostas hypostas
definite hypostasen hypostasens
plural indefinite hypostaser hypostasers
definite hypostaserna hypostasernas

References

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