Bible dictionaries

Ensample

What Bible dictionaries say about “Ensample”, one article after the other.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Ensample - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

ENSAM'PLE, n. [ L. exemplum.] An example; a pattern or model for imitation.

Being ensamples to the flock. 1 Pet 5.

ENSAM'PLE, v.t. To exemplify; to shew by example. This word is seldom used, either as a noun or a verb. [See Example.]

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

The article in Easton + Webster 1828

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)

en-sam'-p'-l.

See EXAMPLE.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2

The article in ISBE 1915