Complex sentence: A type in biblical theology is a figure, representation, event, or symbol in the Bible which is believed to be a prefigurement designed by God to foreshadow things to come, particularly types in the Old Testament that have their antitypes in the New Testament.
Split into simpler sentences: A type in biblical theology is a figure, representation, event, or symbol in the bible which is believed to be a prefigurement designed by God to foreshadow things to come. The terms are used particularly to refer to types in the Old Testament that have their antitypes in the New Testament.