Charakter denotes the reproduction of his essence in the description of the one who radiates God’s glory.

The attested use identifies the subject as the reproduction of God’s essence within a clause that also describes radiance of glory, sustaining all things, cleansing sins, and sitting at the right hand of Majesty.

1. Reproduction of divine essence · dominant

   In Hebrews 1:3, the nominative singular masculine noun stands in the description of the one who is also called the radiance of God’s glory. The APB renders the clause “the reproduction of his essence,” before describing the bearing of all things, cleansing of sins, and sitting at the right of Majesty.

   Hebrews 1:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Hebrews 1:3, the APB presents the term in the phrase “the reproduction of his essence.” This rendering is read within the whole descriptive clause rather than as a precise lexical equivalence.