Quick Definition
ἀντίτυπος, ον Adj typical of, representing by type or pattern
Strong's Definition
neuter of a compound of 473 and 5179; corresponding ("antitype"), i.e. a representative, counterpart
KJV Usage: (like) figure (whereunto)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | τύπτω
58.69 · Nature, Class, Example · Archetype, Corresponding Type [Antitype]
correspondence, antitype, representation, fulfillment pertaining to that which corresponds in form and structure to something else, either as an anticipation of a later reality or as a fulfillment of a prior type
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀντί-τυπος, -ov, (τύπτω), in Grk. writ. 1. prop. a. actively, repelling a blow, striking back, echoing, reflecting light; resisting, rough, hard. b. passively, struck back, repelled. 2. metaph. rough, harsh, obstinate, hostile. In the N. T. language ἀντίτυπον as a subst. means af a thing formed after some pattern (τύπος [q. v- 4 a.]), (Germ. Abbild): Heb. ix. 24 [R. V. like in pattern). 2. a thing resembling another, its counterpart; something in the Messianic times which answers to the type (see τύπος, 4 γ.) prefiguring it in the O. T. (Germ. Gegenbild, Eng. antitype), as baptism corresponds to the deluge : 1 Pet. iii. 21 [R. V. txt. after a true likeness ].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀντίτυπος antitypos 2x
of correspondent stamp or form; corresponding, in correspondent fashion, 1 Pet. 3:21; τὸ ἀντίτυπον, a copy, representation, Heb. 9:24*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἀντί-τυπος, -ον
(v.s. τύπος), [in LXX: Es 3:13 A*;]
act. striking back; metaph., resisting, adverse.
Pass. struck back; metaph., corresponding to (MM, VGT, s.v.); as impression of a seal or copy of an archetype (τύπος) (RV, like in pattern), He 9:24;
as the reality (of which τύπος is the copy or adumbration) (RV, after a true likeness), I Pe 3:21 (Cremer, 357).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀντίτυπος (antitupos) — representation. ἀντίτῠπ-ος, ον, rarely η, ον, see below 11.1a: (τύπτω): — repelled by a hard body, τύπος ἀ. blow and counter-blow, of the hammer and anvil, Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of sound, echoed, echoing, στόνος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ τὸ ἀ. by repercussion, of an echo, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of light, reflected, ἀκτῖνες[Refs 3rd c.AD+]
2. corresponding, as the stamp to the die, ἅγια ἀ. τῶν ἀληθινῶν figuring or representing the true, [NT]; resembling, with dative, [Refs 4th c.AD+]: hence, feigned, counterfeit, [Refs]
2. b corresponding, φιλότης mutual affection, [Refs]
2. c substantive ἀντίτυπος, ὁ, or ἀντίτυπον, τό, image, Ἄμμωνος κεραοῦ χάλκεον ἀ.[Refs]; ἀντίτυπον, τό, ={ἀντίγραφον}, reproduction, copy, [Refs 4th c.AD+]: metaphorically, antitype, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
II. active, repelling, as a hard body does: hence,
II.1. firm, resistent, χωρίον[Refs 5th c.BC+]; rigid, inelastic, [Refs 4th c.AD+]; -ώτερα ὄντα, of a horse's fetlocks, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐν ἀντιτύποις περίπατοι walking on hard ground, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀντιτυπώτατον εἶδος, explanation of σκληρόν, most resistent, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.1. b metaphorically, stubborn, obstinate, ἄνθρωποι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; harsh-sounding, ἁρμονίαι[Refs 1st c.BC+]; of colour, glaring, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.2. opposed to, ἦθος δόλιον πίστιος ἀντίτυπον the reverse of.., [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἀ. Διός the adversary of Zeus, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; adverse, of events, [Refs 5th c.BC+]opposite, over against, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
