STRONGS G5262:
													
												
									    		ὑπόδειγμα, 
ὑποδειγματος, 
τό (
ὑποδείκνυμι, which see), a word rejected by the Atticists, and for which the earlier writers used 
παράδειγμα; see 
Lob. ad Phryn., p. 12; (Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 62). It is used by 
Xenophon, r. eq. 2, 2, and among subsequent writings by 
Polybius, 
Philo, 
Josephus, 
Appian, 
Plutarch, 
Herodian, others; cf. Bleek, Brief a. d. 
Hebrews 2:1, p. 554; 
a. a sign suggestive of anything, delineation of a thing, representation, figure, copy: joined with 
σκιά Hebrews 8:5; with a genitive of the thing represented, 
Hebrews 9:23. 
b. an example: for imitation, 
διδόναι τίνι, 
John 13:15; 
καταλελοιπεναι, 2 Macc. 6:28; with a genitive of the thing to be imitated, 
James 5:10 (Sir. 44:16; 2 Macc. 6:31); for warning: with a genitive of the thing to be shunned, 
τῆς ἀπειθείας, 
Hebrews 4:11; with a genitive of the person to be warned, 
2 Peter 2:6 (
τούς Ρ᾽ομαιους... 
εἰς ὑπόδειγμα τῶν ἄλλων ἐθνῶν καταφλέξειν τήν ἱεράν πόλιν, 
Josephus, 
b. j. 2, 16, 4). 
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