Strong’s G3856 · Greek
παραδειγματίζω
paradeigmatízō · par-ad-igue-mat-id'-zo
Origin from παρά (G3844) and δειγματίζω (G1165);
Meaning to show alongside (the public), i.e. expose to infamy
In the King James Version make a public example, put to an open shame.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Matthew 1:19Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
- Hebrews 6:6If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.