| Figure Name | epitimesis |
| Source | Bullinger (1898) ("epitimesis; or, reprimand") |
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| Synonyms | reprimand, epiplexis |
| Etymology | Gr. "reproof, reprimand" from epitimao "to put a price upon" from timee "worth" or "value" |
| Type | None |
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| Definition |
1. An Expression of Feeling by way of Censure, Reproof, or Reproach... The figure is used, where a rebuke, reproof, or reproach is conveyed. (Bullinger, 906) |
| Example |
1. Rom. 9:20. -"Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?" etc. (Bullinger, 907) |
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| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Last Editor | Ioanna Malton |
| Confidence | Unconfident |
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| Reviewed | No |