ὑπόδειγμα
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greekNew TestamentNoun · neuter6 occurrences4 books6 verses
Definition
ὑπό-δειγμα, -τος, τό
(ὑποδείκνυμι), [in LXX: Ezekiel 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: Hebrews 8:5; 9:23;
(b) an example: for imitation, John 13:15, James 5:10; for warning, Hebrews 4:11, 2 Peter 2:6.
Synonyms: ὁμοίωμα, τύπος, ὑποτύπωσις (see DB, iii. 696b)
Usage patterns
Occurrences
6 total
- John 13:15ὑπόδειγμα · an exampleI have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you.
- Hebrews 4:11ὑποδείγματι · patternLet us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
- Hebrews 8:5ὑποδείγματι · [is] a copyThe place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
- Hebrews 9:23ὑποδείγματα · copiesSo it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
- James 5:10Ὑπόδειγμα · [as] an exampleBrothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
- 2 Peter 2:6ὑπόδειγμα · an example…if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;