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- adjective Relating to epexegesis; explanatory; exegetical.
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- adjective Relating to
epexegesis .
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Examples
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Of course, there is the possibility that the calling and the saying of this verse represent two separate acts (K.S. 369 o), but the likelihood is that, as frequently, the second verb is epexegetical to the first: "He called and said" -- He called saying.
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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An epexegetical "and" (K.S. 375 c) in the sense of
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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Osborne Gordon had recommended him to read Hooker, and he caught the tone and style of the “Ecclesiastical Polity” only too readily, so that much of his work of that winter, the more philosophical part of vol. ii., was damaged by inversions, and Elizabethan quaintness as of ruff and train, long epexegetical sentences, and far-sought pomposity of diction.
The Life of John Ruskin Collingwood, W G 1911
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Elizabethan quaintness as of ruff and train, long epexegetical sentences, and far-sought pomposity of diction.
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The exegetical data, however, especially with his adoption of the epexegetical use of kai argues against his thesis of Galatians 6: 16.
Hip and Thigh 2008
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Because his theological system demands the Church be considered the "New" Israel, it is much easier for Sam to make the text teach the epexegetical translation of the
Hip and Thigh 2008
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Now one may argue that the adjunctive translation of kai is as rare as the epexegetical, I believe the normative use of kai can represent Hoch's essential point.
Hip and Thigh 2008
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This is particularly true of his study on the epexegetical use of the kai.
Hip and Thigh 2008
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Dispensationalists favor this translation because it suggests Paul had in mind gentile Christians, those who walk by this rule, and Jewish Christians who are given the honorable title, "the Israel of God." the epexegetical or appositional meaning of
Hip and Thigh 2008
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The main difficulty - and it is a rather big difficulty - with this translation is the epexegetical use of
Hip and Thigh 2008
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