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Figures of Speech Used in the Bible: Explained and Illustrated is unavailable, but you can change that!

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.

Deut. 32:36.—“When he seeth that their hand was gone.” This is rightly rendered “power”; for which the “hand” is put by Metonymy. 1 Sam. 22:17.—Saul said, “Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand (i.e., help) is with David, and because they knew him when he fled, and did not show it to me”: i.e., the priests helped David with their counsel, and with food; and by silence, in not betraying him. All this is contained in, and expressed by, the word “hand.” 2 Sam. 3:12.—“My hand (i.e.,
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