Revelation 15:1-8 KJV
1 And‡ I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
2V2 And‡ I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and* them that had gotten the victory over** the beast, and* over** his image, and* over** his mark, [and] over** the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
(Polysyndeton*; See note at end of chapter.)
3 And‡ they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous [are] thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true [are] thy ways, thou King of saints.
(Polysyndeton‡ verses 1-3 and 5-8; see note chapter 13)
4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name?* for† [thou] only [art] holy: for† all nations shall come and worship before thee; for† thy judgments are made manifest.
(Pleonasm* 410; Polysyndeton; for†)
5 And‡ after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:
(Polysyndeton‡ verses 1-3 and 5-8; see note chapter 13)
6 And‡ the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.
7 And‡ one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.
8 And‡ the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
Italicized words in [brackets] were added by the King James Version translators.
Polysyndeton, or “many conjunctions”, is a figure that uses more conjunctions than would normally be used. In verse 4 we see the conjunction hoti (ὅτι), for†, being employed. The function of conjunctions is to join things together.
In verse 4 we see “ Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name?” connected to
“for [thou] only [art] holy”:
connected to
“for all nations shall come and worship before thee”;
connected to
“for thy judgments are made manifest”.
All of the elements here are connected to one another, forming a whole.
See also The Companion Bible Appendix 3,
“Genesis Finds Its Complement In The Apocalypse”, by E. W. Bullinger.
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Note: in verse 2 we see the figure Polysyndeton used with the conjunction kai (καί,) but we see also something less common, that is a preposition (ek, ἐκ) being used similarly. Polyprothesæ ?Polyprothesæ, πολυπρόθεση: many prepositions. (Open for comment and suggestion).
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(ek, ἐκ ; See I. 6.)
http://www.blbclassic.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G1537&t=KJV