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noun · masculine

hupogrammos

Greekὑπογραμμός (hupogrammos)

Strong’sG5261

a writing-copy, an example

stem hupogramm-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

example

What it means

**† ὑπογραμμός, -οῦ, ὁ

(< ὑπογράφω, (a) to write under; (b) to trace letters for copying), [in LXX: II Mac 2:28 *;]

1. a writing-copy, hence,
2. an example: I Pe 2:11 (Philo).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5261 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhoop-og-ram-mos'

an underwriting, i.e. copy for imitation (figuratively)

Fromfrom a compound of G5259 and G1125;

King Jamesexample.

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 caseone singularmore than one plural
subject nominativehupogrammoshupogrammois
object accusativehupogrammonὑπογραμμὸνhupogrammoin
direct address vocativehupogrammorhupogrammoir
of, belonging to genitivehupogrammouhupogrammoiu
to, for dativehupogrammohupogrammoi

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
hupogrammstem+ogender+snruits job in the sentence case+ione · more than one number

hupogrammo 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

hupogrammon“example”objectaccusative singular

1 Peter 2:21“example”eis houtem gar kaliva, hoti kai Christos paschata huper vu, vi hupolimpanarōtos hupogrammon hina epakolouthaveia tei ichnei autou;For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps: