Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words


Ensample

  1. tupos
  2. hupotuposis
  3. hupodeigma


1.     Ensample

tupos primarily denoted "a blow" (from a root tup---, seen also in tupto, "to strike"), hence,
(a) an impression, the mark of a "blow," John_20:25;
(b) the "impress" of a seal, the stamp made by a die, a figure, image, Acts_7:43;
(c) a "form" or mold, Rom_6:17 (see RV);
(d) the sense or substance of a letter, Acts_23:25;
(e) "an ensample," pattern, Acts_7:44; Heb_8:5, "pattern;" in an ethical sense, 1_Cor_10:6; Php_3:17; 1_Thess_1:7; 2_Thess_3:9; 1_Tim_4:12, RV, "ensample;" Titus_2:7, RV, "ensample," for AV, "pattern;" 1_Pet_5:3; in a doctrinal sense, a type, Rom_5:14. See EXAMPLE, FASHION, FIGURE, FORM, MANNER, PATTERN, PRINT.

See also : tupos in other topics


2.     Ensample

hupotuposis "an outline, sketch," akin to hupotupoo, "to delineate," is used metaphorically to denote a "pattern," an "ensample," 1_Tim_1:16, RV, "ensample," for AV, "pattern;" 2_Tim_1:13, RV, "pattern," for AV, "form." See FORM, PATTERN.

See also : hupotuposis in other topics


3.     Ensample

hupodeigma lit., "that which is shown" (from hupo, "under," and deiknumi, "to show"), hence,
(a) "a figure, copy," Heb_8:5, RV, "copy," for AV, "example;" Heb_9:23;
(b) "an example," whether for imitation, John_13:15; James_5:10, or for warning, Heb_4:11; 2_Pet_2:6, RV, "example." See EXAMPLE, PATTERN.

See also : hupodeigma in other topics


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