τύπος, -ου, ὁ
(< τύπτω), [in LXX: Ex 25:39 (40) (תַּבְנִית), Am 5:26 (צֶלֶם), III Mac 3:30, IV Mac 6:19 *;]
1. the mark of a blow: τῶν ἥλων, Jo 20:25.
2. An impression, impress, the stamp made by a die; hence, a figure, image: Ac 7:43(LXX).
3. form (Plat.): Ro 6:17; the sense or substance of a letter (III Mac, l.c.), Ac 23:25.
4. an example, pattern: Ac 7:44, He 8:6 (LXX); in ethical sense, Phl 3:17, I Th 1:7, II Th 3:9, I Ti 4:12, Tit 2:7, I Pe 5:3; in doctrinal sense, type (v. ICC, in l.), Ro 5:14.†
SYN.: v.s. ὑποτύπωσις