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GreekG5262Noun (Neuter)

ὑπόδειγμα

hupodeigma

6Occurrences
G5262Strong's #
Noun (Neuter)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

an exhibit for imitation or warning (figuratively, specimen, adumbration)

from G5263 (ὑποδείκνυμι);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
used by later writers (Xen. onwards) for *παράδειγμα *(see Rutherford, NPhr., 62), (a) a figure, copy: (b) an example: for imitation,; for warning.
Synonyms
ὁμοίωμα, τύπος, *ὑποτύπωσις *(see DB, iii. 696b)
LXX: *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Neuter)

Morphology Code

G:N-N

Full Description

Greek Noun, Neuter

Occurrences

ὑπόδειγμα appears 6 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Hebrews
3
2 Peter
1
James
1
John
1

Key Passages

2 Peter 2:6BSB

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;

Hebrews 4:11BSB

Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.

Hebrews 8:5BSB

The 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 9:23BSB

So 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 5:10BSB

Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.