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47 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1038.15 (Matthew Henry)

… only logical arguments, to enforce what he said upon their understandings, but rhetorical motives, to impress what he said upon their affections, showing …

48 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1059.18 (Matthew Henry)

… of logic and rhetoric; but it is necessary that it be according to the proportion of faith: for it is the word of faith that we preach. Now there are two particular …

49 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1065.5 (Matthew Henry)

… either rhetoric or logic had made them Christians. But, when nothing but Christ crucified was plainly preached, the success must be founded, not on human wisdom …

50 Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, p. מִן־.2

… a rhetorical application of the partitive sense, though the explanation ‘ starting from one’=‘ even one’ would also be possible. مِنْ is used similarly after …

51 Etymology dictionary, p. antithesis (n.).2

… in rhetoric, "the bringing of contrary ideas or terms in close opposition;" 1530s as "that which is in (rhetorical) opposition or contrast," from Late Latin antithesis …

52 Etymology dictionary, p. dialectic (n.).2

… and logic applied to rhetoric and refutation," from Old French dialectique (12c.) and directly from Latin dialectica, from Greek dialektike (techne) "(art of) philosophical …

53 Etymology dictionary, p. -ics.2

… ( arithmetic, logic, magic, music, rhetoric ). The grammatical number of words in -ics ( mathematics is / mathematics are ) is a confused question.

54 Etymology dictionary, p. liberal arts (n.).2

… — grammar, logic, rhetoric (see trivial ) — and the quadrivium — arithmetic, geometry, music, astronomy. Explained by Fowler (1926) as "the education designed for a gentleman …

55 Etymology dictionary, p. topic (n.).2

… on logical and rhetorical generalities, from Latin Topica, from Greek Ta Topika, literally "matters concerning topoi ," "commonplaces," neuter plural of noun …

56 Etymology dictionary, p. trivial (adj.).3

… — grammar, rhetoric, and logic); from Medieval Latin use of trivialis in the sense "of the first three liberal arts," from trivium, neuter of the Latin adjective …

57 Etymology dictionary, p. trivium (n.).2

… .) "grammar, rhetoric, and logic," the first three of the seven liberal arts, considered initiatory and foundational to the other four (arithmetic, geometry, astronomy …

58 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Interpretation.5

… Biblical logic, or rhetoric, or grammar. The laws of thought and of the interpretation of thought in these matters pertain to the Bible as they do to other writings …

59 Thayer's Greek Lexicon, p. ἀλλά.15

… a rhetorical construction οὐκ ... ἀλλά sometimes is logically equivalent to not so much... as : Mark 9:37 ( οὐκ ἐμὲ δέχεται, ἀλλὰ τὸν ἀποστείλαντά με ); Matthew 10:20; John …

60 Here and Hereafter, p. 42.1 (Uriah Smith)

… on rhetoric, in favor of this superadded soul. Figures of beauty are summoned to lend their aid to the argument. An avalanche of flowers is thrown upon it to …