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ὑποτύπωσιςStrong’s G5296

hupotupōsis

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Hupotupōsis is the Greek word usually translated “pattern”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.”
1 Timothy 1:16 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “pattern”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • a pattern 1
  • pattern 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Timothy 1
  • 2 Timothy 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ὑποτύπωσις hupotupōsis · example

ὑπο-τύπωσις, -εως, ἡ (ὑποτυπόω, to delineate), an outline, sketch. Metaphorical, a pattern, example: 1Ti.1:16, 2Ti.1:13.† SYN.: ὁμοίωμα, τύπος, ὑπόδειγμα (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.]

  1. A pattern; a copy; a mode; that which is proposed to be imitated.
  2. 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
  3. Precedent; a former instance.
  4. 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”
  1. 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
  2. Precedent which disposes to imitation.
  3. Instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept; or a particular case or proposition illustrating a general rule, position or truth.
  4. 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.