STRONGS G5261:
ὑπογραμμός,
ὑπογραμμου,
ὁ (
ὑπογράφω), properly,
1. a writing-copy, including all the letters of the alphabet, given to beginners as an aid in learning to draw them:
Clement of Alexandria, strom. 5, 8, 50. Hence,
2. an example set before one:
1 Peter 2:21 (2 Macc. 2:28;
Clement of Rome,
1 Cor. 16,
17 [ET]; 33, 8 [ET]; (
Philo, fragment vol. ii., 667 Mang. (vi. 229 Richter)), and often in ecclesiastical writings;
ὁ Παῦλος ὑπομονῆς γενόμενος μέγιστος ὑπογραμμός,
Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 5, 7 [ET] (where see
Lightfoot)).
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