ἀντίτυπον

antitypon · copy, corresponding

Greek word · Strong’s number G499 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

antitypon (ἀντίτυπον) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “copy, corresponding”.

Copy, counterpart: a figure that corresponds to the reality.

How to say it

an·ti·ty·pon

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. A reproduction made after a true model.
  2. What answers to an earlier picture, like the flood waters.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • as a corresponding figure ×1
  • copy ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Hebrews 9:24

    For the Messiah did not enter into a holy place made with hands, a copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf;

  • 1 Peter 3:21

    which also now saves you, as a corresponding figure: immersion, not the removal of dirt from the flesh but the request of a good conscience to God, through the resurrection of Jesus the Messiah,