τύπος,
τυπου,
ὁ (
τύπτω), from (
Aeschylus and)
Herodotus down;
1. the mark of a stroke or blow; print:
τῶν ἥλων,
John 20:25a,
25b (where
L T Tr marginal reading
τόπον) (
Athen. 13, p. 585 c.
τούς τύπους τῶν πληγῶν ἰδοῦσα).
2. a figure formed by a blow or impression; hence, universally,
a figure, image: of the images of the gods,
Acts 7:43 (
Amos 5:26;
Josephus, Antiquities 1, 19, 11; 15, 9, 5). (Cf.
κύριοι τύπος θεοῦ, the Epistle of Barnabas 19, 7 [ET]; '
Teaching' 4, 11 [ET].)
3. form:
διδαχῆς, i. e. the teaching which embodies the sum and substance of religion and represents it to the mind,
Romans 6:17; equivalent to
manner of writing, the contents and form of a letter,
Acts 23:25 (3Macc. 3:30).
4. an example;
α. in the technical sense, viz.
the pattern in conformity to which a thing must be made:
Acts 7:44;
Hebrews 8:5,(
Exodus 25:40).
β. in an ethical sense,
a dissuasive example, pattern of warning: plural of ruinous events which serve as admonitions or warnings to others,
1 Corinthians 10:6,
11 R G;
an example to be imitated: of men worthy of imitation,
Philippians 3:17; with a genitive of the person to whom the example is offered,
1 Timothy 4:12;
1 Peter 5:3;
τύπον ἑαυτόν διδόναι τίνι,
2 Thessalonians 3:9;
γενέσθαι τύπον (
τύπους,
R L marginal reading
WH marginal reading; cf.
Winer's Grammar, § 27, 1 note)
τίνι,
1 Thessalonians 1:7;
παρέχεσθαι ἑαυτόν τύπον καλῶν ἔργων, to show oneself an example of good works,
Titus 2:7.
γ. in a doctrinal sense,
a type, i. e. a person or thing prefiguring a future (Messianic) person or thing: in this sense Adam is called
τύπος τοῦ μέλλοντος namely,
Ἀδάμ, i. e. of Jesus Christ, each of the two having exercised a pre-eminent influence upon the human race (the former destructive, the latter saving),
Romans 5:14.
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