noun · neuter
hupodeigmem
Greekὑπόδειγμα (hupodeigma)
Strong’sG5262
a figure, copy, example
stem hupodeigm-6 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books1 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
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.
Every form
| 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
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
hupodeigme“copy”to, fordative singular2×
Hebrews 4:11“example”spoudazaneia oun eiserchara eis ekeinan tan katapausian, hina mē en te aute tinos hupodeigme piptateia tau apeitheiau.Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
Hebrews 8:5“copy”hotinois hupodeigme kai skia latreualō teiu epouraneiu, kathōs chrēmatizitē Mōusos mellarōtos epitelarō tan skēnan, Horasōr gar, fēatō, poiasi panteim kata ton tupon ton deiknuiraton si en te ore;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.”
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John 13:15“example”hupodeigmem gar dōama vi hina kathōs mis poiama vi kai vis poiaveiō.I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you.
James 5:10“example”hupodeigmem lambavar, adelfoir, tau kakopathiau kai tau makrothumiau toin profētoin, hois lalala en te onome kuriou.Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
2 Peter 2:6“example”kai politain Sodomeiu kai Gomorrau tefraratos katastrofa katakrinata, hupodeigmem mellarōteiu aseboi titharētos,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;
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Hebrews 9:23“copies”Anankas oun teim men hupodeigmeim teiu en toi ouranoi houtei katharizirō, auteim de teim epouraneim kreittōnai thusiai para houtain.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.