Definition

an underwriting, i.e. copy for imitation (figuratively)

Etymology

from a compound of G5259 (ὑπό) and G1125 (γράφω);

Word family

• ὑπό hypó
• γράφω gráphō

How the KJV renders it

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Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.