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  • Figures of Speech Chart

    Figures of Speech Chart

    Figures of Speech Chart showing categories, definitions, English names, what they emphasize, the database code, and notes or comments. Go to the article

  • Figures of Speech in Ephesians Chapter 1

    Figures of Speech in Ephesians Chapter 1

    Figures of Speechin Ephesians Chapter 1 The Letter of Paul to the EPHESIANS Ephesians 1 (ISV) Greetings from Paul 1From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will, to his holy and faithful people in Ephesus who are in union with Christ Jesus. 2May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Go to the article

  • Introduction to Figures of Speech

    Introduction to Figures of Speech

    An excerpt from: All language is ruled by laws, but to convey special emphasis of a word or group of words, these general laws of language are purposefully departed from, and other laws of language are invoked, giving the single word or group of words a new form. The Greeks called these departures from normal Go to the article

  • Metonymy

    Metonymy

    Metonymy is a figure of speech commonly used in the Bible, as well as in literature in general. It involves the substitution of a word or phrase with another word or phrase that is closely associated with it, but not directly part of its literal meaning. This rhetorical device allows for a more vivid or Go to the article

  • Metonymy by James Neil

    Metonymy by James Neil

    Metonymy by James Neil An excerpt from: THE figure of Metonymy, or, as the word means, “change of name” is where one noun is put for another, or a pronoun is put for a noun, or a noun for a pronoun, where there is an intimate and settled relationship between the words thus exchanged. A Go to the article

  • Paranomasia

    Paranomasia

    Paranomasia means simply, rhyming words. We would call it word-play. Many of the sayings of Jesus and the parables have this figure of speech. When you know what the rhyming words are in Aramaic, then you can see what is emphasized in the passage. The example used in this article in the parable of the Go to the article

  • Sermon on the Mount

    Sermon on the Mount

    Samples of Figures of Speechfrom the Sermon on the Mount REPETITION Blessed [are] they, 5:3-10 “Truly I say to you” or “I say to you” 5:18, 20, 26, 28, 32, 34; 6:2, 5, 16, (these three are as a refrain) 25, 29. Truly I say to you: a very solemn phrase used by Jesus in Go to the article

  • Specific Figures

    Specific Figures

    Specific Figures An excerpt from God has declared that “all scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, which is instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work” (II Timothy 3:16,17). Since we are dealing with the inspired Go to the article

  • Strange Figures by James Neil

    Strange Figures by James Neil

    Strange Figures by James Neil An excerpt from: PART I. “I have used similitudes by the hand of the prophets,” cries the Lord, and in doing so uses a “similitude,” for “the hand” here does not mean a literal hand at all, but is employed as a figure for “the ministry” of the prophets.  The Go to the article

  • Table of Figures and Emphasis

    Table of Figures and Emphasis

    Table of Figures of Speech and Emphasis ID Figure of Speech English Name Category Definition Emphasis Notes 1 Allegory Allegory Illustration Continued comparison by representation or implication Points of comparison Allegory is broader term in Semitic languages than Western. 2 Anadiplosis Like Endings & Beginnings Repetition Repetition of the same word or words at the Go to the article