Bible Dictionary: Copy

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) An abundance or plenty of anything.

2. (n.) An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue.

3. (n.) An individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author; as, a copy of the Bible; a copy of the works of Addison.

4. (n.) That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an excellent copy for imitation.

5. (n.) Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type; as, the printers are calling for more copy.

6. (n.) A writing paper of a particular size. Same as Bastard. See under Paper.

7. (n.) Copyhold; tenure; lease.

8. (n.) To make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; as, to copy a manuscript, inscription, design, painting, etc.; -- often with out, sometimes with off.

9. (n.) To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life.

10. (v. i.) To make a copy or copies; to imitate.

11. (v. i.) To yield a duplicate or transcript; as, the letter did not copy well.

Greek

5262. hupodeigma -- a figure, copy, example
... a figure, copy, example. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: hupodeigma
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-od'-igue-mah) Short Definition: a figure, copy ...
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583. apographo -- to copy, enroll
... to copy, enroll. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: apographo Phonetic Spelling:
(ap-og-raf'-o) Short Definition: I enroll, inscribe in a register Definition ...
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5261. hupogrammos -- a writing to be copied, an example
... an example. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: hupogrammos Phonetic
Spelling: (hoop-og-ram-mos') Short Definition: a writing-copy, an example ...
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644. aposkiasma -- a shadow
... of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: aposkiasma Phonetic Spelling:
(ap-os-kee'-as-mah) Short Definition: a shadow, a faint image or copy Definition: ...
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5481. charakter -- a tool for engraving
... From the same as charax; a graver (the tool or the person), ie (by implication)
engraving (("character"), the figure stamped, ie An exact copy or (figuratively ...
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5179. tupos -- typically
... too'-pos) Short Definition: a figure, model, type Definition: (originally: the mark
of a blow, then a stamp struck by a die), (a) a figure; a copy, image, (b ...
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1503. eiko -- be like.
... be like. Apparently a primary verb (perhaps akin to eiko through the idea of
faintness as a copy); to resemble -- be like. see GREEK eiko. ...
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499. antitupos -- struck back, corresponding to
... Word Origin from anti and tupos Definition struck back, corresponding to NASB Word
Usage copy (1), corresponding (1). representative, counterpart. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6573. parshegen -- a copy
... 6572, 6573. parshegen. 6574 . a copy. Transliteration: parshegen Phonetic
Spelling: (par-sheh'-ghen) Short Definition: copy. Word ...
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4932. mishneh -- a double, copy, second
... 4931, 4932. mishneh. 4933 . a double, copy, second. Transliteration: mishneh
Phonetic Spelling: (mish-neh') Short Definition: second. ...
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6572. parshegen -- a copy
... 6571b, 6572. parshegen or pathshegen. 6573 . a copy. Transliteration: parshegen
or pathshegen Phonetic Spelling: (par-sheh'-ghen) Short Definition: copy. ...
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6275. atheq -- to move, proceed, advance
... copy out, leave off, become wax old, remove. A primitive root; to remove
(intransitive or transitive) figuratively, to grow old; specifically ...
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8403. tabnith -- construction, pattern, figure
... Word Origin from banah Definition construction, pattern, figure NASB Word Usage
copy (1), form (4), image (1), likeness (5), model (2), pattern (4), plan (2). ...
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4385. miktab -- writing
... writing. From kathab; a thing written, the characters, or a document (letter, copy,
edict, poem) -- writing. see HEBREW kathab. 4384, 4385. miktab. 4386 . ...
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Library

Of Type and Copy.
... Book I. 19. (4) of Type and Copy. In addition to these meanings there is
that in which we speak of an arche, [4540] according to ...
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Is "Copy of the Letter Written by John, Bishop of Antioch, to ...
... Letters of the Blessed Theodoret, CXLIX is "Copy of the Letter written by
John, Bishop of Antioch, to Nestorius.". This letter has ...
/.../theodoret/the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/cxlix is copy of the.htm

A Copy of the Letter which Pope Gregory Sent to the Abbot Mellitus ...
... BOOK I CHAP. XXX. A copy of the letter which Pope Gregory sent to the Abbot
Mellitus, then going into Britain. [601 AD]. The aforesaid ...
/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap xxx a copy of.htm

Copy of Letter to the Right Hon. Lord William Hervey
... Copy of Letter to the Right Hon. Lord William Hervey. LABAJOS, PROVINCE
OF SEGOVIA, August 23rd, 1838. MY LORD,"I beg leave to ...
/.../borrow/letters of george borrow/copy of letter to the.htm

A Copy of the Letter as Follows:
... Chapter II. 23. A copy of the letter as follows. Constantius Victor Augustus
to Athanasius [1354] . It is not unknown to your Prudence ...
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A Copy of the Letter of Constantius against Athanasius.
... Chapter II. 30. A copy of the letter of Constantius against Athanasius.
Victor Constantius Maximus Augustus to the Alexandrians. ...
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Copy of an Imperial Epistle in which Money is Granted to the ...
... Book X. Chapter VI. "Copy of an Imperial Epistle in which Money is granted
to the Churches. 1. "Constantine Augustus to Cæcilianus ...
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Those who by Baptism have Put on Christ have Professed that they ...
... The Sixth Ecumenical Council. Canon XCVI. Those who by baptism have put
on Christ have professed that they will copy his� Those ...
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Preaching of the Apostle Thaddæus at Edessa; Copy of Five Letters ...
... Ancient Syriac Documents. Moses of Chorene. History of Armenia. VIII. Preaching
of the apostle Thaddæus at Edessa; copy of five letters. ...
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The Power of God's Word Over the Human Affections.
... More than two hundred years ago when a copy of the Bible was much more expensive
than it is in these days, a peasant who lived in the County of Cork, Ireland ...
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Thesaurus

Copy (18 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as,
a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue. ...
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Pattern (28 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful
pattern. 5. (n.) Something made after a model; a copy. ...
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Sinaiticus
... Returning from their promenade, Tischendorf accompanied the monk to his room, and
there had displayed to him what his companion called a copy of the LXX ...
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Imitate (13 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To follow as a pattern, model, or example;
to copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc. 2. (vt ...
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Example (54 Occurrences)
... a sample; a specimen. 2. (n.) That which is to be followed or imitated as
a model; a pattern or copy. 3. (n.) That which resembles ...
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Published (18 Occurrences)
... Esther 3:14 A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province,
was published to all the peoples, that they should be ready against ...
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Print (3 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To take (a copy, a positive picture, etc.), from a negative, a transparent
drawing, or the like, by the action of light upon a sensitized surface. ...
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Ar-ta-xerx'es (14 Occurrences)
... Ezra 4:11 This is the copy of the letter that they sent to Artaxerxes the king:
Your servants the men beyond the River, and so forth. (See RSV). ...
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Edict (22 Occurrences)
... Esther 3:14 A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province,
was published to all the peoples, that they should be ready against ...
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Code (6 Occurrences)
... of cuneiform tablets from the library of the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal (668-628
BC), he also then suggested that these pieces were parts of a copy of an old ...
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Bible Concordance

Copy (18 Occurrences)

Hebrews 8:5 who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, "See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain."
(WEB WEY ASV BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 9:24 For not into a Holy place built by men's hands--a mere copy of the reality--did Christ enter, but He entered Heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.
(WEY BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 10:1 For the law, being only a poor copy of the future good things, and not the true image of those things, is never able to make the people who come to the altar every year with the same offerings completely clean.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 17:18 It shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 8:32 He wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Joshua 22:28 For we said to ourselves, If they say this to us or to future generations, then we will say, See this copy of the Lord's altar which our fathers made, not for burned offerings or offerings of beasts, but for a witness between us and you.
(BBE NAS RSV)

2 Kings 11:12 Then he brought out the king's son, and put the crown on him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, "Long live the king!"
(See NIV)

2 Kings 16:10 Then King Ahaz went to Damascus for a meeting with Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria; and there he saw the altar which was at Damascus; and King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest a copy of the altar, giving the design of it and all the details of its structure.
(BBE)

2 Kings 16:11 And from the copy King Ahaz sent from Damascus, Urijah made an altar and had it ready by the time King Ahaz came back from Damascus.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 23:11 Then they brought out the king's son, and put the crown on him, and gave him the testimony, and made him king: and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him; and they said, Long live the king.
(See NIV)

Ezra 4:11 This is the copy of the letter that they sent to Artaxerxes the king: Your servants the men beyond the River, and so forth.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezra 4:23 Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezra 5:6 The copy of the letter that Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shetharbozenai, and his companions the Apharsachites, who were beyond the River, sent to Darius the king;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezra 7:11 Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the commandments of Yahweh, and of his statutes to Israel:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 3:14 A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, that they should be ready against that day.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 4:8 He also gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out in Shushan to destroy them, to show it to Esther, and to declare it to her, and to urge her to go in to the king, to make supplication to him, and to make request before him, for her people.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 8:13 A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, that the Jews should be ready for that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 32:11 So I took the paper witnessing the business, one copy rolled up and stamped, and one copy open:
(BBE NAS RSV NIV)

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Pattern (28 Occurrences)

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