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

• “hypostas”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)