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3.
(
1
, 1381), “to prove, test, approve,” is rendered “examine” in 1
Cor. 11:28,
KJV
(
RV
, prove). See
APPROVE
.
4.
(
$1
, 3985), “to tempt, try,” is rendered “examine” in 2 Cor. 13:5,
KJV
(
RV
, try). See
GO
,
PROVE
,
TEMPT
,
TRY
.
EXAMPLE
A. Nouns.
1.
(
, 1164), primarily “a thing shown, a specimen” (akin to
$
,
“to show”), denotes an “example” given as a warning, Jude 7.¶
Note:
The corresponding word in 2 Pet. 2:6 is No. 2.
2.
$
(
%
, 5262): see
ENSAMPLE
, No. 3.
3.
$
(
"
, 5179): see
ENSAMPLE
, No. 1.
4.
$
(
% $
, 5261), lit., “an under-writing” (from
$
, “to
write under, to trace letters” for copying by scholars); hence, “a writing-copy, an
example,” 1 Pet. 2:21, said of what Christ left for believers, by His sufferings (not
expiatory, but exemplary), that they might “follow His steps.”
B. Verbs.
1.
(
&
, 1165), “to make a show of, to expose” (akin to A, No. 1),
is translated “to make a public example,” in Matt. 1:19 (some mss. have the strengthened
form
here; “put … to an open shame,” Heb. 6:6,¶); in Col. 2:15, “made a
show of.Ӧ
2.
$
$
(
% &
, 5263), primarily, “to show secretly” (
$
, “under,”
$
, “to show”), “to show by tracing out” (akin to A, No. 2); hence, “to teach, to
show by example,” Acts 20:35,
RV
, “I gave you an example,” for
KJV
, “I showed you.”
Elsewhere, “to warn,” Matt. 3:7; Luke 3:7; 12:5,
RV
, for
KJV
, “forewarn”; “to show,”
Luke 6:47; Acts 9:16. See
FOREWARN
,
SHOW
,
WARN
.¶
EXCEED, EXCEEDING, EXCEEDINGLY
A. Verbs.
1.
$
(
% $ 1
, 5235), “to throw over or beyond” (
$
, “over,”
,
“to throw”), is translated “exceeding” in 2 Cor. 9:14; Eph. 1:19; 2:7; “excelleth” (
RV
,
“surpasseth”) in 2 Cor. 3:10; “passeth” in Eph. 3:19 (“surpasseth” might be the meaning
here). See
EXCEL
,
SURPASS
.¶ Cf.
$
, under EXCEL, B, No. 1.
2.
$
(
$ "
, 4052), “to be over and above, over a certain number or
measure, to abound, exceed,” is translated “exceed” in Matt. 5:20; 2 Cor. 3:9. See
ABUNDANCE
, B, No. 1.
B. Adverbs and Adverbial Phrases.
1.
(
&
, 3029), “very, exceedingly,” is translated “exceeding” in Matt. 2:16 (for
v. 10, see No. 2); 4:8; 8:28; Mark 9:3; Luke 23:8. See
GREATLY
(
GREAT
),
SORE
,
VERY
.
2.
(
$
, 4970), properly the neuter plural of
, “excessive,
violent” (from a root indicating restlessness), signifies “very, very much, exceedingly,”
Matt. 2:10; 17:6, “sore”; 17:23; 18:31,
RV
, “exceeding,” for
KJV
, “very”; 19:25; 26:22;