τύποςtýpos
a die (as struck), i.e. (by implication) a stamp or scar; by analogy, a shape, i.e. a statue, (figuratively) style or resemblance; specially, a sampler ("type"), i.e. a model (for imitation) or instance (for warning)
Greek (New Testament) · G5179
Meanings
1. the mark of a blow: τῶν ἥλων, John 20:25.
2. An impression, impress, the stamp made by a die; hence, a figure, image: Acts 7:43 (LXX).
3. form: Romans 6:17; the sense or substance of a letter (3 Maccabees 3:30), Acts 23:25.
4. an example, pattern: Acts 7:44, Hebrews 8:6; in ethical sense, Philippians 3:17, 1 Thessalonians 1:7, 2 Thessalonians 3:9, 1 Timothy 4:12, Titus 2:7, 1 Peter 5:3; in doctrinal sense, type (see ICC, in l.), Romans 5:14.
Synonyms
see ὑποτύπωσις
Same root
- τύπτωtýptō · G5180to "thump", i.e. cudgel or pummel (properly, with a stick or bastinado), but in any case by repeated blows; thus differing from G3817 (παίω) and G3960 (πατάσσω), which denote a (usually single) blow with the hand or any instrument, or G4141 (πλήσσω) with the fist (or a hammer), or G4474 (ῥαπίζω) with the palm; as well as from G5177 (τυγχάνω), an accidental collision); by implication, to punish; figuratively, to offend (the conscience)
- ἀντίτυπονantítypon · G499corresponding ("antitype"), i.e. a representative, counterpart
- ἐντυπόωentypóō · G1795to enstamp, i.e. engrave
- ὑποτύπωσιςhypotýpōsis · G5296typification under (after), i.e. (concretely) a sketch (figuratively) for imitation
Where it appears
Appears 15 times in the Bible.
- John 20:25 They told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “I won’t believe it unless I see the nail wounds in his hands, put my fingers into them, and place my hand into the wound in his side.”
- Acts 7:43 No, you carried your pagan gods— the shrine of Molech, the star of your god Rephan, and the images you made to worship them. So I will send you into exile as far away as Babylon.’
- Acts 7:44 “Our ancestors carried the Tabernacle with them through the wilderness. It was constructed according to the plan God had shown to Moses.
- Acts 23:25 Then he wrote this letter to the governor:
- Romans 5:14 Still, everyone died—from the time of Adam to the time of Moses—even those who did not disobey an explicit commandment of God, as Adam did. Now Adam is a symbol, a representation of Christ, who was yet to come.
- Romans 6:17 Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you wholeheartedly obey this teaching we have given you.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.