HENDIADYS
HENDIADYS
HENDIADYS (or ) is a grammatical figure in Syntax, when one thing is enunciated by two words; a thing which may happen in various ways.
I. When one thing is expressed by two words, whether synonymous, or of distinct signification; so that the one of them sustains the part of an Adjective, and has the signification of one.
II. When two Substantives are so connected by the copula AND, that the reader may understand, that the one of them ought to be explained by the Genitive.
III. When the same thing occurs in the case of Verbs, so that the one Verb obtains the signification of an adverb; e.g.-Act 9:31, (or ) (or ), i.e. the Churches were progressively edified. (See III.)-Act 23:6, , Concerning the hope and the resurrection I am on my trial, i.e. concerning the resurrection which is hoped for (See I.), or, concerning the hope of the resurrection. (See II.)-Rom 2:20, ,-the form or outline of knowledge and of truth, i.e. of accurate (or orthodox) knowledge. (See I.)-1Ti 1:4, ,-to fables and genealogies, i.e. to genealogies of fables, never to be ended. For the apostle speaks of the genealogies of the AEons, which are nothing but fables. (See II.)-2Ti 4:1, . In this passage, and form an , that the sense may be, according to the revelation of the kingdom. (See II.)