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1.
$
(
"
, 5179), “a type, figure, pattern,” is translated “figures” (i.e.,
representations of gods) in Acts 7:43; in the
RV
of v. 44 (for
KJV
, “fashion”) and in Rom.
5:14, of Adam as a “figure of Christ.” See
ENSAMPLE
.
2.
$
(
&
, 499), an adjective, used as a noun, denotes, lit., “a striking
back”; metaphorically, “resisting, adverse”; then, in a passive sense, “struck back”; in the
NT metaphorically, “corresponding to,” (a) a copy of an archetype ( , “corresponding
to, and No. 1), i.e., the event or person or circumstance corresponding to the type, Heb.
9:24,
RV
, “like in pattern” (
KJV
, “the figure of”), of the tabernacle, which, with its
structure and appurtenances, was a pattern of that “holy place,” “Heaven itself,” “the
true,” into which Christ entered, “to appear before the face of God for us.” The earthly
tabernacle anticipatively represented what is now made good in Christ; it was a “figure”
or “parable” (9:9), “for the time now present,”
RV
, i.e., pointing to the present time, not
“then present,”
KJV
(see below); (b) “a corresponding type,” 1 Pet. 3:21, said of baptism;
the circumstances of the flood, the ark and its occupants, formed a type, and baptism
forms “a corresponding type” (not an antitype), each setting forth the spiritual realities of
the death, burial, and resurrection of believers in their identification with Christ. It is not
a case of type and antitype, but of two types, that in Genesis, the type, and baptism, the
corresponding type.¶
3.
(
$ )
, 3850), “a casting or placing side by side” (
, “beside,”
, “to throw”) with a view to comparison or resemblance, a parable, is translated
“figure” in the
KJV
of Heb. 9:9 (
RV
, “a parable for the time now present”) and 11:19,
where the return of Isaac was (parabolically, in the lit. sense of the term) figurative of
resurrection (
RV
, “parable”). See No. 2 (a). See
PARABLE
.
Notes:
(1) The synonymous noun
$ $
, “an example, pattern,” 1 Tim. 1:16; 2
Tim. 1:13, denotes simply a delineation or outline.¶ (2) For
, rendered “I
have in a figure transferred” in 1 Cor. 4:6, where the fact stated is designed to change its
application, i.e., from Paul and Apollos to circumstances in Corinth, see
FASHION
.
FILL, FILL UP
A. Verbs.
1.
(
$
, 4137) denotes (1) “to make full, to fill to the full”; in the passive
voice, “to be filled, made full”; it is used (1) of things: a net, Matt. 13:48; a building,
John 12:3; Acts 2:2; a city, Acts 5:28; needs, Phil. 4:19,
KJV
“supply,”
RV
, “fulfill”;
metaphorically, of valleys, Luke 3:5; figuratively, of a measure of iniquity, Matt. 23:32;
(2) of persons: (a) of the members of the church, the body of Christ, as filled by Him,
Eph. 1:23 (“all things in all the members”); 4:10; in 3:19, of their being filled “into” (
),
RV
, “unto,”
KJV
, “with” (all the fullness of God); of their being “made full” in Him, Col.
2:10 (
RV
, for
KJV
, “complete”); (b) of Christ Himself: with wisdom, in the days of His
flesh, Luke 2:40; with joy, in His return to the Father, Acts 2:28; (c) of believers: with the
Spirit, Eph. 5:18; with joy, Acts 13:52; 2 Tim. 1:4; with joy and peace, Rom. 15:13,
[from these are to be distinguished those passages which speak of joy as being fulfilled or
completed, which come under FULFILL, John 3:29; 15:11 (
RV
); 16:24 (
RV
); Phil. 2:2; 1
John 1:4 (
RV
); 2 John 12 (
RV
)]; with knowledge, Rom. 15:14; with comfort, 2 Cor. 7:4;