TYCHICUS (tPc'i-kiis), (Gr. TvxIK6s, too-khee kos', fateful), is the name of an assistant and com panion of the Apostle Paul.
He accompanied Paul on his third missionary journey (Acts xx :4), and was, at a later period, the bearer of Paul's letter from Rome to the Colossians. He was with Paul in his first impris onment, and Paul styled him a beloved brother, faithful minister, and fellow servant in the Lord, who should declare all his state unto the Colos sians, to whom he was sent that he might know their estate and comfort their hearts (Col. iv:7, 8). For a similar purpc:e Tychicus was sent to the Ephesians also (Eph. vi :21, 22; 2 Tim. iv: 12), and employed in various missionary journeys (Titus iii :12). According to tradition. Tychicus was made bishop of Chalcedon. C. II. F. B.
TYPE (tip), (Gr. Tenr0S, something struck off.
The best definition of this word, perhaps in its theological sense, is that which Heb, x: I sup plies, viz., a type is a shadow of rood things to come, or, as the Apostle elsewhere expresses it (Col. ii :17), 'a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.' Adopting this definition as the correct one, we proceed briefly to point out the different types by which God was pleased in various ages to show forth the person and work of the Redeemer.
1. Before the law, Adam, Enoch, Noah, Mel chizedec, Abraham, Isaac, and Joseph were emi nently typical of Christ. Again, under the law, Moses, Joshua, Samson, David, Solomon, Elijah, Elisha, Jonah, Zerubbabel, and Joshua the high priest were, in many points, singularly types of Christ.
2. The firstborn, the Nazarites, prophets,priests, and kings, were typical orders of persons.
3. Under the head of things typical may Le noticed: Jacob's ladder. the burning bush, the pillar of cloud and fire, the manna, the rock, and the brazen serpent.
4. Actions typical were : the deliverance out of Egypt. passage of the Red Sea, sojourn in the wilderness, passage over the Jordan, entrance into Canaan, and restoration from Babylon.
5. Tiles typical were: circumcision, various sacrifices, and sundry purifications.
6. Places typical were: the land of Canaan, the cities of refuge, the tabernacle, and the Temple.
The above types were designed to shadow forth Christ and the blessings of his salvation ; but there were others also which pointed at our miseries without him. There were ceremonial unclean nesses ; the leprosy, for instance, was a type of our natural pollution ; and Hagar and Ishmael a type of the covenant of works.
As there must be a similarity or analogy be tween the type and the antitype, so there is also a disparity or dissimilitude between them.
It is not in the nature of type and antitype that they should agree in all things; else, instead of similitude, there would be identity. Hence the apostle, whilst making Adam a type of Christ, yet shows how infinitely the latter excelled the former (1 Cor. xv :47). So the priests of old were types of Christ, though he infinitely excelled them both as to his own person and as to the character of his priesthood (see Heb. vii, viii, ix, and x).