UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: to correspond to, to stand for, to be a figure of, to represent

Semantic entry: 58.68

Semantic domains: Nature, Class, Example

Subdomains: Archetype, Corresponding Type [Antitype]

Definition: to correspond to something else in certain significant features

Notes: In a number of languages συστοιχέω in a context such as RV GAL 4:25 · LV GAL 4:25 · Read together GAL 4:25 may be best rendered as ‘points to’ or ‘is really talking about,’ so that one may render this expression in RV GAL 4:25 · LV GAL 4:25 · Read together GAL 4:25 as ‘Mount Sinai … really points to the present Jerusalem’ or ‘Hagar … really points to the present Jerusalem.’ The full form of RV GAL 4:25 · LV GAL 4:25 · Read together GAL 4:25 may be rendered as ‘Hagar, who stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia, represents the present Jerusalem.’