Mark/example
τύποςStrong’s G5179tupos
Appears in 14 verses of the New Testament
In short
Tupos is the Greek word usually translated “pattern”, “mark” and “example”. It appears in 14 verses of the New Testament.
“Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.”
Meaning
Usually translated “pattern”, “mark” and “example”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a pattern 3
- mark 2
- pattern 2
- an example 2
- images 1
- form 1
- a type 1
- to the form 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 3
- Romans 2
- John 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
- Philippians 1
- 1 Thessalonians 1
11 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Timothy 4:12In contextLet no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
- Titus 2:7In contextIn all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
- John 20:25The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the LORD. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
- Acts 7:43Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
- Acts 7:44Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
- Acts 23:25And he wrote a letter after this manner:
Greek dictionary
τύπος tupos · mark/example
τύπος, -ου, ὁ (τύπτω), [in LXX: Exo.25:39 (40) (תַּבְנִית), Amo.5:26, 3Ma.3:30, 4Ma.6:19 * ;] 1. the mark of a blow: τῶν ἥλων, Jhn.20:25. 2. An impression, impress, the stamp made by a die; hence, a figure, image: Act.7:43 (LXX). 3. form (Plat.): Rom.6:17; the sense or substance of a letter (3Mac, l.with), Act.23:25. 4. an example, pattern: Act.7:44, Heb.8:6" (LXX) ; in ethical sense, Php.3:17, 1Th.1:7, 2Th.3:9, 1Ti.4:12, Tit.2:7, 1Pe.5:3; in doctrinal sense, type (see ICC, in l), Rom.5:14.† τυπικῶς, adv. (τύπος), (a) typically (Greg. Naz.) (b) by way of example: 1Co.10:11.† …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “pattern” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PAT'TERN, noun
- An original or model proposed for imitation; the archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be copies or imitated, either in things or in actions; as the pattern of a machine; a pattern of patience.
- A specimen; a sample; a part showing the figure or quality of the whole; as a pattern of silk cloth.
- An instance; an example.
- Any thing cut of formed into the shape of something to be made after it.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.