Mesoteleuton; or, Middle and End Repetition The Repetition of the same Word or Words in the middle and at the end of successive Sentences
Mes-o-tel-eu-ton, from μέσος (mesos), middle, and τελευτή (teleutee), a finish, or end, i.e., the same word or words repeated in the middle and at the end of successive sentences.
2 Kings 19:7. -“Behold I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land: aud I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. ”
The repetition greatly emphasizes the fact stated.
Isaiah 8:12. -“Say ye not a confederacy to all them to whom this people shall say a confederacy. ”
There is the figure also of Polyptoton (q.v. [Note: Which see.]) in “say ye” and “shall say.”
Mark 1:5-3. -“And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, who had his dwelling among the tombs. ”
See also Polyptoton .
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