Lectionary Calendar
Friday, April 19th, 2024
the Third Week after Easter
the Third Week after Easter
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Bible Lexicons
Bullinger's Figures of Speech Used in the Bible Bullinger's Figures of Speech
Cataploce; or Sudden Exclamation
Parenthetic Addition by Way of Exclamation
Cat´-a-plok´-ee (καταπλοκή), from κατά (kata), down, and πλοκή (plokee), a twining or plaiting. The figure is so called because the short sentence so interposed is intertwined with another. This name is given to a parenthesis when it takes the form of a sudden exclamation.
Ezekiel 16:23-24.-"And it came to pass after all thy wickedness
(woe, woe unto thee! saith Adonai-Jehovah)
That thou hast also built unto thee," etc.
Romans 9:2-3.-This is a kind of Cataploce as well as Epitrechon (see page 428), and Euche.