This verb carries the sense of putting someone on public display, particularly in a shameful or disgraceful manner. Joseph considered divorcing Mary quietly to avoid making her a public example (Matthew 1:19), showing the term's connection to public humiliation. Paul uses it dramatically in Colossians 2:15 to describe Christ's triumphant display of defeated spiritual powers—disarming and parading them openly. The term evokes the imagery of a victor's procession where captives are exhibited, though its semantic range includes both making an example of someone and making a public show.