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Public Domain E. W. Bullinger describes 217 figures of speech, each with etymology, descriptions, and citations from the Bible. Nearly 8000 biblical passages are cited.

Ps. 71:5.—“Thou art my hope”: i.e., the One in whom I hope. Isa. 20:5.—“They shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation (i.e., the help they expected from the Ethiopians) and of Egypt their glory (i.e., the Egyptians in whom they gloried).” See verse 6. Prov. 13:12.—“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick.” Here, it is not hope that is deferred, but the object hoped for. Jer. 14:8.—“O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in