The meaning of Type in the Bible
(From Easton's Bible Dictionary)
occurs only once in Scripture (I Corinthians 10:11, A.V. marg.). The Greek word tupos is rendered "print" (John 20:25), "figure" (Acts 7:43; Romans 5:14), "fashion" (Acts 7:44), "manner" (Acts 23:25), "form" (Romans 6:17), "example" or "ensample" (I Corinthians 10:6,11; Phil 3:17; I Thessalonians 1:7; 2th 3:9; I Timothy 4:12). It properly means a "model" or "pattern" or "mould" into which clay or wax was pressed, that it might take the figure or exact shape of the mould. The word "type" is generally used to denote a resemblance between something present and something future, which is called the "antitype."
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Type {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
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