noun · neuter
hupodeigmem
Strong’sG5262
a figure, copy, example
stem hupodeigm-6 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books1 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ὑπό-δειγμα, -τος, τό
(< ὑποδείκνυμι), [in LXX: Ez 42:15, Si 44:16, II Mac 6:28, 31, IV Mac 17:23 *;]
SYN.: ὁμοίωμα, τύπος, ὑποτύπωσις (v. DB, iii. 696b)
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5262 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhoop-od'-igue-mah
an exhibit for imitation or warning (figuratively, specimen, adumbration)
Fromfrom G5263;
King Jamesen-(ex-)ample, pattern.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
sign, token, indication, see reading in Refs 5th c.BC+
2 illustration, picture showing how something is to be done, Refs 1st c.BC+
II pattern, NT+2nd c.BC+; καλὸν ὑ. τῆς ἰδίας προαιρέσεως καταβαλλόμενος Refs 1st c.BC+: but also ὑ. ἀπειθίας Refs 2nd c.AD+; ὑ. μελλόντων ἀσεβεῖν NT
III example, instance, Refs 5th c.BC+; specimen, Refs 1st c.BC+, etc.: plural, Refs 5th c.BC+ —rejected as less correct than παράδειγμα by the Atticists, Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | hupodeigmem | hupodeigmeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | hupodeigmeu | hupodeigmeiu |
| to, for dative | hupodeigme2×ὑποδείγματι | hupodeigmei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
hupodeigme is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
hupodeigme“copy”to, fordative singular2×
Hebrews 4:11“example”… hina mē en te aute tinos hupodeigme piptateia tau apeitheiau.… that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
Hebrews 8:5hotinois hupodeigme kai skia latreualō teiu epouraneiu, kathōs …… place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in …
hupodeigmem3×
John 13:15hupodeigmem gar dōama vi hina kathōs mis …I have set you an example so that you should do as …
James 5:10hupodeigmem labavar, adelfoir, tau kakopathiau kai tau …Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the …
2 Peter 2:6… Sodomeiu kai Gomorrau tefrarantos katastrofa katakrinata, hupodeigmem mellarōnteiu aseboi titharēntos,… reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the …
hupodeigmeim1×
Hebrews 9:23Anankas oun teim men hupodeigmeim teiu en toi ouranoi houtei katharizorō, …So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be …