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See also:ANTITYPE (Gr. avriruaos)
, the correlative of " type," to which it corresponds as the See also:stamp to the See also:die, or See also:vice versa
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In the sense of copy or likeness the word occurs in the See also:Greek New Testament (Heb. ix
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24; 1 See also:Peter iii
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21), See also:English " figure." By theological writers See also:antitype is employed to denote'the reality of which a type is the prophetic See also:symbol
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Thus, See also:Christ is the See also:anti-type of many of the types of the Jewish See also:ritual
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