G5262
ὑπόδειγμα
example
ὑπό-δειγμα, -τος, τό (ὑποδείκνυμι), [in LXX: Eze.42:15, Sir.44:16, 2Ma.6:28 2Mac 6:31, 4Ma.17:23 * ;] used by later writers (Xen. onwards) for παράδειγμα (see Rutherford, NPhr., 62), __(a) a figure, copy: Heb.8:5 9:23; __(b) an example: for imitation, Jhn.13:15, Jas.5:10; for warning, Heb.4:11, 2Pe.2:6.† SYN.: ὁμοίωμα, τύπος, ὑποτύπωσις (see DB, iii. 696b) (AS)
The KJV translates G5262 in the following manner:
example (8x), ensample (2x), patterns (2x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
ὑπόδειγμα — hypódeigma
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. Heb 2:1, p. 554;
a. a sign suggestive of anything, delineation of a thing, representation, figure, copy: joined with σκιά Heb 8:5; with a genitive of the thing represented, Heb 9:23.
b. an example: for imitation, διδόναι τίνι, Joh 13:15; καταλελοιπεναι, 2Ma 6:28; with a genitive of the thing to be imitated, Jas 5:10 (Sir 44:16; 2Ma 6:31); for warning: with a genitive of the thing to be shunned, τῆς ἀπειθείας, Heb 4:11; with a genitive of the person to be warned, 2Pe 2:6 (τούς Ρ᾽ομαιους... εἰς ὑπόδειγμα τῶν ἄλλων ἐθνῶν καταφλέξειν τήν ἱεράν πόλιν, Josephus, b. j. 2, 16, 4).
6 occurrences
John (1), Hebrews (3), James (1), II Peter (1)