An Expression of Feeling by way of wishing or hoping for a thing<\/p>\n
–nis-mos. Greek, , a divining by the flight of birds, divination. Then, because these diviners generally saw what they wished to see, it came to mean a looking for, especially in the sense of a foreboding.<\/p>\n
The Latins named the figure OPTATIO, a hoping for, or wishing. By this figure, what is said is changed from a plain statement to the expressing of it as a hope, or an ardent desire, or lively anticipation, often introduced by the words O that, etc. See Deu 5:29 (26). Num 14:2.<\/p>\n
See Deu 32:29 : O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!<\/p>\n
Psa 55:6. (7).-Oh! that I had wings like a dove!<\/p>\n
Psa 81:13 (14).-Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! etc.<\/p>\n
Isa 48:18.-O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea.<\/p>\n
Isa 64:1 (63:19).-Oh that thou would rend the heavens, that thou wouldst come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence. See also under Euche.<\/p>\n
There are many examples, which the Bible student will call to mind or search out for himself.<\/p>\n
Gal 5:12.-I would that they were even cut off which trouble you.<\/p>\n
Oeonismos; or, Wishing An Expression of Feeling by way of wishing or hoping for a thing –nis-mos. Greek, , a divining by the flight of birds, divination. Then, because these diviners generally saw what they wished to see, it came to mean a looking for, especially in the sense of a foreboding. The Latins named … Continue reading “Oeonismos; or, Wishing”<\/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-71527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71527","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=71527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}