Lexical Definition

‎τύπος‎ týpos (too'-pos) mark/example ^G:N-M
from ‎τύπτω‎

en-(ex-)ample, fashion, figure, form, manner, pattern, print.

• a die (as struck), i.e. (by implication) a stamp or scar
• by analogy, a shape, i.e. a statue, (figuratively) style or resemblance
• specially, a sampler ("type"), i.e. a model (for imitation) or instance (for warning)

Abbott-Smith

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

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

τύπος-ος [ῠ], ὁ,

(τύποςτω) blow, τ. ἀντίτυπος Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; beat of horses' hoofs, variant for{κτὺπος} in [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__II the effect of a blow or of pressure:
__II.1 impression of a seal, τύποςοι σφενδόνης χρυσηλάτου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; stamp on a coin, τὰ ἀκριβῆ τὸν τ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+] “*Mens.” 60, [Refs 5th c.AD+] see entry {Κυζικηνοι στατῆρες}; on a branding-iron, ὄ τ. τοῦ καυτῆρος ἔστω ἀλώπηξ ἢ πίθηκος [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: generally, print, impression, χύτρας τύποςον ἀρθείσης ἐν σποδῷ μὴ ἀπολιπεῖν, ἀλλὰ συγχεῖν [Refs 1st c.AD+]; στίβου γ᾽ οὐδεὶς τ. no footprint, [τύποςος})">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς ἡδὺς ἐν πόρπακι σὸς (i.e. τοῦ βραχίονος) κεῖται τύποςος thy imprint, (O arm), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. ὀδόντων imprint of teeth, [Refs]; print, βάλω τὸν δάκτυλόν μου εἰς τὸν τ. τῶν ἥλων [NT+2nd c.AD+]
__II.1.b impressions supposed by [Refs 4th c.BC+] to be made on the air by things seen, and to travel through space, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 hollow mould or matrix, καθάπερ ἐν τύποςῳ τὰ σχήματα πλασθῆναι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; used by κοροπλάθοι, [Refs 4th c.BC+] see at {χοάνη}; by fruit-growers, to shape the fruit while growing, [Refs]; die used in striking coins, metaphorically, Κύπριος χαρακτήρ τ᾽ ἐν γυναικείοις τύποςοις εἰκὼς πέπληκται τεκτόνων πρὸς ἀρσένων [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.3 engraved mark, engraving, δέλτον χαλκῆν τύποςους ἔχουσαν ἀρχαίων γραμμάτων engravings of letters, i. e. engraved letters, [τύποςοις [prev. author] “Ep.” 343a ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ μέτρον τοῦ ποδὸς ὑποτέτακται τούτοις τοῖς τ. the length of the foot is subjoined in this engraving, [Refs]
__II.4 the depression between the underlip and chin, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.5 pip on dice, [Refs]
__III cast or replica made in a mould, τ. κατάμακτος [Refs]
__IV figure worked in relief, whether made by moulding, modelling, or sculpture, αἱμασιὴ ἐγγεγλυμμένη τύποςοισι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σιδηρονώτοις ἀσπίδος τύποςοις [τύποςους ἐργάσασθαι καὶ παρέχειν [prev. work]42(1).102.36 (Epid., 4th c.BC)">Refs 5th c.BC+]; tablet bearing a relief, καθελέσθαι τοὺς τ. καὶ εἴ τι ἄλλο ἐστὶν ἀργυροῦν ἢ χρυσοῦν [Refs]; τ. Ἔρωτα ἔχων ἐπειργασμένον [τύποςος εἰκόν᾽ ἔχει “IG” 2.2378, compare 22.2021.8, 3.1330.5; ἐνταῦθά εἰσιν ἐπὶ τύποςου γυναικῶν εἰκόνες 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 9.11.3 ">Refs 2nd c.AD+]; πεποιημένα ἐν τύποςῳ in relief, [Refs]; typos scalpsit, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; impressā argillā typum fecit, [Refs]; πρὸς Ναυσίαν περὶ τοῦ τ., title of speech by Lysias, [Refs] see entry {λιθουργικ; Γάλλοι.. ἔχοντες προστηθίδια καὶ τύποςους} [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__V carved figure, image, ποιεῦνται ξύλινον τ. ἀνθρωποειδέα, ποιησάμενοι δὲ ἐσεργνῦσι τὸν νεκρόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρυσέων ξοάνων τύποςοι, periphrastic for χρύσεα ξόανα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γραφαῖς καὶ τ. paintings and statues, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; γραπτοὶ τ. probably painted pediment-figures, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; idol, graven image, [LXX+1st c.AD+]
__V.2 exact replica, image, as children are called the τύποςοι of their parents, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τ. λογίου Ἑρμοῦ, of Demosthenes, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__VI form, shape, οὐλῆς [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀγγείου Crates Grammars cited in [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; οἱ τ. τῶν γραμμάτων [Refs 1st c.BC+]; Ἱππομέδοντος σχῆμα καὶ μέγας τ., periphrastic for H. himself, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὄμφακος τ., ={ὄμφαξ}, [τύποςοισι ">Refs 5th c.BC+]features, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__VI.2 thing having a shape, οὐλοφυεῖς.. τ. χθονὸς ἐξανέτελλον undifferentiated forms rose from the earth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. τις πορφυροῦς κατὰ χρόαν, τῷ σχήματι ἐμφερὴς κιβωρίου θύλακι (i.e. the placenta) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__VI.3 form of expression, style, ὁ πραγματικὸς τ. [τοῦ Ξενοφῶντος] [τύποςου μέτεστι τῷ ἀνδρί [prev. passage]; ὁ διὰ τῶν συμβόλων προτρεπτικὸς τ. 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “Protrepticus” 21; ὁ αἰνιγματώδης τ. [prev. author] “VP” 23.103. ">Refs 1st c.BC+]
__VI.4 Grammars, mode of formation, form, τ. πατρωνυμικῶν [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__VII archetype, pattern, model, capable of exact repetition in numerous instances, αὑτὸν ἐκμάττειν.. εἰς τοὺς τῶν κακιόνων τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VII.2 character recognizable in a number of instances, general character, type, πάντα ὅσα τοῦ τ. τούτου [τύποςου [prev. author] “R.” 402d; τοῦτον τὸν τ. ἔχοντα [prev. author] “Phlb.” 51d. ">Refs]
__VII.3 type or form of disease (especially fever) with reference to the order and spacing of its attacks and intervals, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__VIII general impression, vague indication, γίνεται ἀμυδρὸς ὁ τ. τῆς ῥάχεως (in the foetus) [Refs]; τ. ἀμυδροί, opposed to ἀκριβὲς εἶδος, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἕως ἂν ὁ τ. ἐνῇ τοῦ πράγματος as long as there is an approximate indication of the thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the general type or schema corresponding with a name, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__VIII.2 outline, sketch, general idea, ὅσον τοὺς τ. ὑφηγεῖσθαι [τύποςοι [prev. author] “Lg.” 876e; ἔχεις τὸν τ. ὧν λέγω [prev. author] “R.” 491c; τοὺς τ. μόνον εἰπόντες περὶ αὐτῶν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1341b31; ἐξηγεῖσθαι τύποςοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 816c; ὁ τ. τῆς φιλοσοφίας τοιοῦτός τίς ἐστιν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.186, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.166 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; ὁ τ. τῆς ὅλης πραγματείας 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.3U.; \_plural\_, [prev. work] p.4 U.; δέονται.. ὑγρᾶς διαίτης, ἧς τὸν τ. ἀρτίως ὑπέγραψα 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.397 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; τύποςῳ, ἐν τύποςῳ, in outline, in general, ὡς ἐν τύποςῳ, μὴ δι᾽ ἀκριβείας, εἰρῆσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἵνα τύποςῳ λάβωμεν αὐτάς[τύποςῳ [prev. author] “Lg.” 718c; τύποςῳ, καὶ οὐκ ἀκριβῶς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1104a1; παχυλῶς καὶ τ. ἐνδείκνυσθαι [prev. work] 1094b20 ">Refs 4th c.BC+]; τ. καὶ ἐπὶ κεφαλαίου λέγομεν[Refs]; ὅσον τύποςῳ in outline only, [τύποςῳ λαβεῖν 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 1.1. ">Refs 4th c.BC+]
__VIII.3 outline, ταῦτα ὅσα εἴρηται καθάπερ ἐν γραφαῖς ἀχρόοις γραμμῇ μόνῃ τύποςοι ἀνδρῶν εἰκασμένοι εἰσί [Refs 4th c.AD+]
__IX prescribed form, model to be imitated, ἢν ἁμάρτωσι τοῦ πατρικοῦ τ. τοῦ ἐπιμελέος [τύποςων, ἐν ᾧ δεήσει τοὺς λέγοντας λέγειν καὶ τοὺς ποιοῦντας ποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 380c, compare 383c; ἐν τοῖς τ. οἷς ἐνομοθετησάμεθα [prev. work] 398b ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἀρχήν τε καὶ τ. τινὰ τῆς δικαιοσύνης[Refs 1st c.BC+]; ὥστε γενέσθαι ὑμᾶς τύποςον πᾶσι τοῖς πιστεύουσιν ἐν τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ [LXX+NT]
__IX.2 general instruction, δόντες τοὺς τ. τούτους ὑπὲρ τῆς ὅλης διοικήσεως, ἐξέπεμπον τοὺς δέκα [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; general principle in law, τ. ἐστὶν καθ᾽ ὃν ἔκρεινα πολλάκις [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IX.2.b rule of life, religion, ἐξεταστέον ποταπῷ χρῆται τύποςῳ ὁ νοσῶν (e. g. whether Jewish or Egyptian) [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__IX.3 rough draft of a book, βιβλίον γεγραμμενον ἐν τύποςοις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; draft of an official letter, τύποςον ποιεῖ he drafted a letter, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τ. χειρογραφίας [Refs 1st c.AD+]; τ. ἐπιστολικοί models of letters, [Refs]
__IX.4 form of a document, ἔστιν δὲ ὁ τ. τῆς εἰθισμένης διαγραφῆς ὁ ὑποκείμενος [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; σωματισθῆναι.. τύποςῳ τῷδε· τί ἑκάστῳ ὑπάρχει κτλ. [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν τ. [Refs 6th c.AD+]
__IX.5 text of a document, ὁ μὲν τῆς ἐπιστολῆς τ. οὕτως ἐγέγραπτο [LXX+NT]
__IX.6 written decision, θεῖος τ. an imperial rescript, [Refs 4th c.AD+]; αἰτῆσαι θεῖον καὶ πραγματικὸν τ. Mitteis [Refs 6th c.AD+]; given by a bishop, [Refs 5th c.AD+]; by the ἔκδικος, [Refs 5th c.AD+]; by others, χρὴ.. δοῦναι τ. εἰς τὴν συγχώρησιν [Refs 6th c.AD+]: in plural, of the acta of a πάγαρχος, [Refs 6th c.AD+]
__X as law-term, summons, writ, οἱ τ. γράμμα εἰσὶν ἀγορᾶς, ἐρήμην ἐπαγγέλλον τῷ οὐκ ἀποδιδόντι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: John.20.25 ☩ LXX.Amos.5.26 ☩ 1Thess.1.7 ☩ LXX.Exod.25.39 ☩ Acts.7.44 ☩ Acts.23.25}