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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