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 8:5the King James Version;Jas 5:10; hupogrammos,1Pe 2:21; tupos,1Ti 4:12the King James Version) or warning (deigma, "a sample," "exhibition,"Jude 1:7; compare2Pe 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.