brachyology

Definitions

A figure of speech that is an abbreviated expression, for example, the omission of "good" from "good morning!" (resulting in the abbreviated greeting "morning!").

especially

Equivalents

Examples

“In the words [...of] Acts x. 39. there might be a brachyology, in case the sense⟳ were: we are witnesses of all that he did, of this also, that they put⟳ him to death. But such an omission is not necessary.”

“So also in Ps 118²⁷ the preposition עד might include⟳ the verb ‘come⟳,’ which connects itself so naturally with ‘until,’ and a poetical mode of expression, which is naturally disposed to vivid brachyology (cf. Ps 118), might discover⟳ a self-evident point⟳ in the circumstance that not the victims themselves but their blood, the precious part of them (Lv 17¹¹), is at last⟳ to touch⟳ the alter-horns.”

“The only trouble⟳ is with "over all things;" what is His relation to them? Evidently that of Head also. No other view⟳ is admissible exegetically; the question⟳ becoming thus a purely grammatical one: Shall we accept⟳ a brachyology and understand⟳ a second κεφαλην before τη εκκλησια (MEYER, STIER, HODGE approvingly): "gave Him the Head over all things (to be the Head) to the church," or [...]”

“The author employs a brachyology in the last⟳ phrase: the hearers of the phrase "than Abel" [...] will be able to fill⟳ this out as "than the blood of Abel" from the mention⟳ of "blood speaking" [...] in the preceding phrase.”

“The expression "being-in-Christ" is, therefore, according to Schweitzer, "merely a brachyology for being partakers in the Mystical Body of Christ."”

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