Example
ὑπόδειγμαStrong’s G5262hupodeigma
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hupodeigma is the Greek word usually translated “example”, “pattern” and “copy”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;”
Meaning
Usually translated “example”, “pattern” and “copy”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- an example 2
- a pattern 1
- example 1
- to a copy 1
- representations 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 3
- John 1
- James 1
- 2 Peter 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- John 13:15For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
- Hebrews 4:11Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
- Hebrews 8:5Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
- Hebrews 9:23It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
- James 5:10Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
Greek dictionary
ὑπόδειγμα hupodeigma · example
ὑπό-δειγμα, -τος, τό (ὑποδείκνυμι), [in LXX: Eze.42:15, Sir.44:16, 2Ma.6:28 2Mac 6:31, 4Ma.17:23 * ;] used by later writers (Xen. onwards) for παράδειγμα (see Rutherford, NPhr., 62), (a) a figure, copy: Heb.8:5 9:23; (b) an example: for imitation, Jhn.13:15, Jas.5:10; for warning, Heb.4:11, 2Pe.2:6.† SYN.: ὁμοίωμα, τύπος, ὑποτύπωσις (see DB, iii. 696b) (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “example” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EXAM'PLE, noun
egzam'pl. [Latin e xemplum.]
- A pattern; a copy; a mode; that which is proposed to be imitated.
- A pattern, in morals or manners; a copy, or model; that which is proposed or is proper to be imitated.“I have given you an example that you should do as I have done to you” John 13:15
- Precedent; a former instance.
- Precedent or former instance, in a bad sense, intended for caution.“Lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief” Hebrews 4:11“Sodom and Gomorrah--are set forth for an example suffering the vengeance of eternal fire” Jude 1:7
All definitions and other forms of “example”
- A person fit to be proposed for a pattern; one whose conduct is worthy of imitation.“Be thou an example of the believers” 1 Timothy 4:12
- Precedent which disposes to imitation.
- Instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept; or a particular case or proposition illustrating a general rule, position or truth.
- In logic, or rhetoric, the conclusion of one singular point from another; an induction of what may happen from what has happened.
EXAM'PLE, verb transitive
To exemplify; to set an example [Not used.
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.