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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Example:

of Christ (1Pe 2:21; Jhn 13:15); of pastors to their flocks (Phl 3:17; 2Th 3:9; 1Ti 4:12; 1Pe 5:3); of the Jews as a warning (Hbr 4:11); of the prophets as suffering affliction (Jam 5:10).

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Example:

eg-zam'-p'-l (tupos, "a pattern," hupodeigma, "copy" "representation" hupogrammos, "a writing-copy," example): A typical, representative, or illustrative case; a pattern or model for imitation (hupodeigma, Joh 13:15; Heb 8:5 the King James Version; Jas 5:10; hupogrammos, 1Pe 2:21; tupos, 1Ti 4:12 the King James Version) or warning (deigma, "a sample," "exhibition," Jude 1:7; compare 2Pe 2:6; hupodeigma, Heb 4:11; tupos, 1Co 10:6,11)." Ensample" (tupos, #/APC 2Macc 6:28,31; Php 3:17; 1Th 1:7; 2Th 3:9; 1Ti 4:12; 1Pe 5:3) and "example" have the same meaning, but the former is always suggestive of goodness.

Nave's Topical Bible

Example: Bad

Admonitions against,

Lev 18:2; 20:23; Deu 18:9; 2Ch 30:7; Pro 22:24, 25; Isa 8:11; Jer 16:12; 17:1, 2; Eze 20:18; Hsa 4:9, 15; 5:5; Zec 1:4; Mat 23:1-3; 1Cr 8:9-13; 10:6; Eph 4:17; 3Jo 1:11.

See INFLUENCE

Example: Good

Neh 5:8-19; Psa 101:2; 1Th 1:6-8; 1Ti 4:12; Tts 2:7, 8; Hbr 13:7; Jam 5:10, 11; 1Pe 2:11-25; 3:5, 6; 5:3

See INFLUENCE

Example: God, Our

Lev 11:44; 19:2; Mat 5:48; Luk 6:36; Eph 6:9

Example: Christ, Our

Mat 20:28; Mar 10:43-45; Luk 22:27; Jhn 13:13-17, 34; Rom 15:2-7; 2Cr 8:9; 10:1; Eph 5:1, 2; Phl 2:5-8; Col 3:13; Hbr 12:2, 3; 1Pe 2:21; 3:17, 18; 4:1; 1Jo 2:6; 3:16; Rev 3:21

Example: Paul, Our

Act 20:35; 1Cr 4:16; 7:7, 8; 11:1; Phl 3:17; 4:9; 2Th 3:7-10; 1Ti 1:16; 2Ti 1:13

See INFLUENCE

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

A-1NounStrong's Number: g1164Greek: deigma

Example:

primarily "a thing shown, a specimen" (akin to deiknumi, "to show"), denotes an "example" given as a warning, Jud 1:7.

Note: The corresponding word in 2Pe 2:6 is No. 2.

A-2NounStrong's Number: g5262Greek: hupodeigma

Example:

See ENSAMPLE, No. 3.

A-3NounStrong's Number: g5179Greek: tupos

Example:

See ENSAMPLE, No. 1.

A-4NounStrong's Number: g5261Greek: hupogrammos

Example:

lit., "an under-writing" (from hupographo, "to write under, to trace letters" for copying by scholars); hence, "a writing-copy, an example," 1Pe 2:21, said of what Christ left for believers, by His sufferings (not expiatory, but exemplary), that they might "follow His steps."

B-1VerbStrong's Number: g1165Greek: deigmatizo

Example:

"to make a show of, to expose" (akin to A, No. 1), is translated "to make a public example," in Mat 1:19 (some mss. have the strengthened form paradeigmatizo here; "put... to an open shame," Hbr 6:6); in Col 2:15, "made a show of."

B-2VerbStrong's Number: g5263Greek: hupodeiknumi

Example:

primarily, "to show secretly" (hupo, "under," deiknumi, "to show"), "to show by tracing out" (akin to A, No. 2); hence, "to teach, to show by example," Act 20:35, RV, "I gave you an example," for AV, "I showed you." Elsewhere, "to warn," Mat 3:7; Luk 3:7; 12:5, RV, for AV, "forewarn;" "to show," Luk 6:47; Act 9:16.
See FOREWARN, SHEW, WARN.