Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, May 9th, 2024
Ascension Day
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Bible Lexicons
Bullinger's Figures of Speech Used in the Bible Bullinger's Figures of Speech
Anaeresis; or Detraction
A Parenthetic Addition by way of Detraction.
(Parenthetic Tapeinôsis)
An œ´-re-sis (ἀναίρεσις), from ἀνά (ana), up, and αἱρέω (hairç), to take away. Hence Anœresis means a taking up or carrying off.
The parenthesis is so called, when, by a negative expression, we appear to take something away from the sense, but really add to it, and thus emphasize it.
Anœresis is the figure Tapeinôsis (or Antenantiôsis) used parenthetically.