Antitype
something that is foreshadowed by a type or symbol, as a New Testament event prefigured in the Old Testament.
Historical Examples
A vision of his antitype, the Cowes Philanderer, crossed me for a second.
The Riddle of the Sands Erskine Childers
The language of Daniel is prophetic, and Darius has in another an antitype.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II) Augustus de Morgan
The symbol must be of divine appointment, and as such, designed by God to represent the antitype.
Companion to the Bible E. P. Barrows
She is praised by contrast with the antitype, Thryth, just as Beowulf was praised by contrast with Heremod.
Beowulf Anonymous
The pictorial representation of type and antitype seems to have had an interest for them.
Parish Priests and Their People in the Middle Ages in England Edward L. Cutts
For this, also, we can easily see another reason in the antitype.
The Expositor’s Bible: The Book of Leviticus S H Kellogg
Thus it is in connection with the antitype of the peace-offering.
Notes on the Book of Leviticus C. H. Mackintosh
They represent the antitype inadequately, and only in certain respects.
Companion to the Bible E. P. Barrows
Oh that its antitype were more faithfully exhibited amongst us!
Notes on the Book of Deuteronomy, Volume II Charles Henry Mackintosh
So, also, this New Jerusalem was “the holy city,” an antitype of the former.
The Revelation Explained F. Smith
noun
a person or thing that is foreshadowed or represented by a type or symbol, esp a character or event in the New Testament prefigured in the Old Testament
an opposite type
n.
also anti-type, 1610s, from Greek antitypos “corresponding in form,” literally “struck back, responding as an impression to a die,” from anti- (see anti-) + typos “a blow, mark” (see type (n.)).
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