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tupos (5179) primarily denoted "a blow" (from a root tup--, seen also in tupto, "to strike"), hence, (a) an impression, the mark of a "blow," <John 20:25>; (b) the "impress" of a seal, the stamp made by a die, a figure, image, <Acts 7:43>; (c) a "form" or mold, <Rom. 6:17> (see RV); (d) the sense or substance of a letter, <Acts 23:25>; (e) "an ensample," pattem, <Acts 7:44; Heb. 8:5>, "pattern"; in an ethical sense, <1 Cor. 10:6; Phil. 3:17; 1 Thes. 1:7; 2 Thes. 3:9; 1 Tim. 4:12>, RV, "ensample"; <Titus 2:7>, RV, "ensample," for KJV, "pattern"; <1 Pet. 5:3>; in a doctrinal sense, a type, <Rom. 5:14>.
(from Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words)
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