See on 1Pe 5:3. The word may mean either an example, as 1Ti 4:12, or a type of a fact or of a spiritual truth. Heb 9:24; Rom 5:14.
We should not lust (μὴ εἶναι ἡμᾶς ἐπιθυμητὰς)
Lit., should not be desirers. Ἑπιθυμητής desirer, lover, only here in the New Testament. Frequent in the classics. The sins of the Israelites are connected with those of the Corinthians.