Easton's Bible Dictionary: Type
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Occurs only once in Scripture (
1 Corinthians 10:11
, A.V. marg.). The Greek word tupos is rendered "print" (
John 20:25
), "figure" (
Acts 7:43
;
Romans 5:14
), "fashion" (
Acts 7:44
), "manner" (
Acts 23:25
), "form" (
Romans 6:17
), "example" or "ensample" (
1 Corinthians 10:6
, 11;
Philippians 3:17
;
1 Thessalonians 1:7
;
2 Thessalonians 3:9
;
1 Timothy 4:12
). It properly means a "model" or "pattern" or "mould" into which clay or wax was pressed, that it might take the figure or exact shape of the mould. The word "type" is generally used to denote a resemblance between something present and something future, which is called the "antitype."
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