The Second of two things put First<\/p>\n
Hys-te-ron – Prot-e-ron, from (hysteros), the latter, and (proteros), the former.<\/p>\n
A figure in which the word that should be the latter of two words comes first.<\/p>\n
It is, therefore, a kind of Hyperbaton: where the cart is put before the horse. It occurs in most languages; but it is a question whether in this sense it occurs in the Bible, as the figure is considered rather a blemish than an ornament. If it is used, it is certainly for unusual emphasis.<\/p>\n
Php 3:19 has been cited: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.<\/p>\n
Here, the end is put first: in order that the mind may dwell with the greater horror on the things which lead to it.<\/p>\n
The structure of these verses (18, 19) throws more light on them, and shows that after the words many walk there is a parenthetical break, which is resumed at the end of verse 19, to show who these walkers are, viz., the earthly minded.<\/p>\n
aFor many are walking<\/p>\n
bWhom I often told you, and do tell you now-even weeping, calling them the enemies of the cross of Christ,<\/p>\n
bWhose end-destruction; whose god-the belly; and their glory-in shame.<\/p>\n
aSuch [namely] as are minding earthly things.<\/p>\n
Here, in a and a we have the walkers; while in b we have their walk, and in b their end. Hence their walk ends in destruction, their worship ends in their belly, and their glory ends in shame.<\/p>\n
Heb 3:8.-Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness.<\/p>\n
The provocation of God followed the temptation in the wilderness; but is here put first to mark out the special temptation referred to.<\/p>\n
Heb 4:2.-For unto us was the Gospel preached, as well as unto them. Here, the order of time is inverted, to agree with the order of thought, and for emphasis.<\/p>\n
But, as we have said, it is a question whether we have any real examples of this figure in the Bible.<\/p>\n
Hysteron-Proteron; or, Last-First The Second of two things put First Hys-te-ron – Prot-e-ron, from (hysteros), the latter, and (proteros), the former. A figure in which the word that should be the latter of two words comes first. It is, therefore, a kind of Hyperbaton: where the cart is put before the horse. It occurs in … Continue reading “Hysteron-Proteron; or, Last-First”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}