Synonym for: Type, Image,

See Definition for \tupov\ 5179 See Definition for \antitupov\ 499

\tupov\ has many meanings, among the most common being image, pattern or model, and type. In the last sense it means a person or thing prefiguring a future person or thing, e.g., Adam as a type of Christ, Ro 5:14.

\antitupov\, as used in 1Pe 3:21, is by Thayer and many others thought to correspond to \tupov\ as its counterpart, in the sense which the English word antitype suggests. By Cremer it is rather given the meaning image