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Hypostasis and person

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3a He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power.
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ὑποστάσεως (hypostaseōs)
Strong's 5287: From a compound of hupo and histemi; a setting under, i.e. concretely, essence, or abstractly, assurance.

BDAG:
① the essential or basic structure/nature of an entity, substantial nature, essence, actual being, reality (underlying structure, oft. in contrast to what merely seems to be)
② a plan that one devises for action, plan, project, undertaking, endeavor
③ The interp. situation, condition (Cicero, Ad Attic. 2, 3, 3 ὑπόστασιν nostram=our situation), also specif. frame of mind
④ guarantee of ownership/entitlement, title deed

King James Bible translated it as 'person':

Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person.
Trinitarians used meaning ① for their term hypostasis. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are three hypostases/persons. However, they overloaded the term beyond the lexical meaning.

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