Words the Bible translates as pattern
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- tavnitתַּבְנִיתa model or figure of a thing's shape: either a plan to build from or a likeness of something that already exists
- tuposτύποςa formed impression and whatever corresponds to it: a mark, a model or pattern, an example to copy, or a foreshadowing of what is to come
- hupodeigmaὑπόδειγμαan example: a particular case put on display so that others copy it or take warning from it
+1 more meaning
- a copy: something built to stand in for a greater original it represents
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