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\nSIMILE; or, RESEMBLANCE.<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n
\nA Declaration that one Thing resembles another<\/em>; or,
\nComparison by Resemblance<\/em><\/strong>.
\n
\nSim’-i’-le<\/em>. This is the Latin name of the figure; from similis<\/em>, like<\/em>, similar<\/em>,
\nresembling closely<\/em>, or in many respects<\/em>.
\nThis figure has no corresponding Greek name.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nIndeed it can hardly be called a figure, or an unusual form of expression,
\nseeing it is quite literal, and one of the commonest forms of expression in use.
\nIt is a cold, clear, plain statement as to a resemblance between words and things.
\nThe whole application of the figure lies in this Resemblance, and not in Representation, as in Metonymy<\/em>*<\/a><\/strong>; or in Implication, as in Hypocatastasis<\/em><\/a>;
\nor, in Association, as in Synecdoche<\/em>.
\n*I believe the author means Metaphor<\/em><\/a> here.<\/span><\/strong>
\n
\nAccordingly, when this resemblance is not apparent, or is counter to our ordinary perception of things, it jars upon the ear. Such Similes<\/em> abound in human writings. Hence the pleasure of studying the use of them in the Word of God, where we have the Holy Spirit’s own perfect work.
\n
\nMany examples could be given of false, or incongruous Similes<\/em> in human writings. Take, for example, Montgomery’s poem on Satan:*
\n\u2026..<\/span>\u201cLo I the bright dew-bead on the bramble lies,
\n\u2026 …<\/span>Like liquid rapture upon Beauty’s eyes.\u201d
\n* Quoted in Macbeth’s Might and Mirth of Literature<\/a><\/span><\/em>.
\n
\nWe fail to see any resemblance between beauteous eyes and a bramble; or, any meaning at all in \u201cliquid rapture.\u201d<\/span>
\n
\nSo Mrs. Browning:
\n\u2026..<\/span>\u201cThen the bitter sea
\n\u2026. .<\/span>Inexorably pushed between us both;
\n\u2026. .<\/span>And sweeping up the steep with my despair,
\n\u2026. .<\/span>Threw us out as a pasture to the stars.\u201d
\n
\nWe fail to see any resemblance between a ship and a pasture;
\nand why stars go out to grass; or, when they do, why they should feed on ships and their passengers!
\n
\nNo such inexplicable similes<\/em> as these can be found in the Scriptures.
\n
\nWhen one is used there, it is \u201cfor our learning;\u201d and the more we study it the more we may learn.
\n
\nThey are usually marked by the Caph (\u05db)\u2020 in Hebrew; and in the Greek by \u1f61\u03c2 (h\u014ds<\/em>), as<\/em>; \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03ce\u03c2 (kath\u014ds<\/em>), like as<\/em>; or, by some seventeen other kindred words *; and the English: \u201cas\u201d, \u201clike as\u201d, \u201ceven as,\u201d \u201clike\u201d etc.<\/em>
\n\u2020 Kaf<\/em>
\n* <\/strong>See under the word \u201cAS\u201d <\/strong>in A Critical Lexicon and Concordance, <\/strong>by the same author. Longman and Co., 15s.<\/span><\/span>
\n
\nSimile<\/em> differs from Comparison, in that comparison admits of dissimilitudes as well as resemblances.
\n
\nSimile<\/em> differs from Allegory<\/em> (q.v<\/em>.) in that Allegory<\/em> names only one of the two things and leaves us to find, and make the resemblance with the other, ourselves.
\n
\nSimile<\/em> differs from Metaphor<\/em> (q.v<\/em>.), in that it merely states resemblance, while Metaphor<\/em> boldly transfers the representation.
\n
\nSimile<\/em> differs from Hypocatastasis<\/em> (q.v<\/em>.), in that the latter only implies the resemblance, while Simile<\/em> states it.
\n
\nSimile<\/em>, therefore, is destitute of feeling. It is clear, beautiful, gentle, true to fact, but cold and too deliberate for passion.
\n
\nAll this will be seen as the Similes<\/em> are studied. They require no explanation. They explain and are intended to explain themselves. It is scarcely necessary to give any examples. They abound throughout the Scripture, and impart to it much of its beauty and force.
\n
\nPsa. 1:3\u2014\u201cHe shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water.\u201d
\nHere, the similitude tells us that the man who meditates in God’s word is planted and protected, just as a tree in a garden is cared for as a \u201ctree of the field\u201d is not.
\nSee under Ellipsis<\/a><\/em>, page 97.
\n
\nPsa. 1:4<\/a>\u2014\u201cThe ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.\u201d
\nThe contrast between the driven chaff and the \u201cplanted\u201d tree is most striking and solemn.
\n
\nThe two comparisons are the great features of the Psalm, the structure of which is as follows: \u2014<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026..<\/span>A \/ a \/ 1. The godly blessed in not standing among the ungodly.
\n\u00a0… … . .<\/span> \/ b \/ 2, 3<\/a>– Comparison (\u05db\u05d9 \u05d0\u05dd). \u201cLike a tree.\u201d
\n\u00a0…… … . . .\/<\/span> c \/ -3 Prosperity.
\n\u2026..<\/em><\/span>A<\/em> \/ c<\/em>\/ 4- The Contrary: \u201cnot so.\u201d
\n…\u00a0 . .<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ b<\/em> \/ -4<\/a> Comparison (\u05db\u05d9 \u05d0\u05dd). \u201cLike the chaff.\u201d
\n\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ….\u00a0 \/ <\/span>a<\/em> \/ 5. The ungodly punished in not standing among the godly.
\n
\nThen the last verse stands out alone in solemn grandeur as giving the reason for the whole.
\n
\nPsa. 5:12 (13)\u2014\u201cWith favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.\u201d
\nAnd why is His \u201cfavour\u201d (i.e<\/em>., His grace, which is favour to the unworthy) like a shield?
\nBecause \u201cin his favour is life,\u201d Psa. 30:5<\/a> (6);
\nbecause in His favour there is mercy (Isa. 60:10<\/a>);
\nbecause in His favour there is preservation (Psa. 86:2<\/a>, margin);
\nbecause in His favour there is security, Psa. 41:11<\/a> (12):
\nand therefore the prayer of all such favoured ones will ever be Psa. 106:4<\/a>.
\n
\nPsa. 17:8\u2014\u201cKeep me as the apple of the eye [is kept<\/em>].\u201d
\n
\nPsa. 131:2\u2014\u201cI have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.\u201d
\n
\nMatt. 7:24-27<\/a>\u2014Here we have a magnificent and extended Simile<\/em>,
\nalmost amounting to a parable. It is too long to quote, and too plain to need elucidation. It explains to us very clearly and forcibly its own powerful lesson.
\n
\nMatt. 9:36\u2014\u201cThey . . . were scattered abroad as sheep having no shepherd.
\n
\n1 Pet. 2:25\u2014\u201cYe were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.\u201d
\n
\nHere we have Simile<\/em>, which stands in marked contrast to the Proverb in 2 Pet. 2: 22<\/a>,
\nas to the \u201csow\u201d. Both the stray sheep and the washed sow \u201creturn\u201d. But the one returns to the shepherd, and the other to the mire. We may note also that the verb \u201creturned\u201d as used of the \u201csheep\u201d is the passive form; while, as used of the \u201csow,\u201d it is the active form. Showing that the \u201csheep\u201d is made to return by a constraining power, while the \u201csow\u201d returns of its own act and free-will.
\nSee under Paroemia<\/em>.
\n
\nSometimes a Simile<\/em> is really used as a figure, implying not merely a resemblance but the actual thing itself.
\n
\nGen. 25:31\u2014\u201cSell me as on this day (\ufb3b\u05b7\ufb39\ufb4b\u05dd kayy\u014dm<\/em>)\u201d: i.e<\/em>., on this very day.
\nSee, too, verse 33<\/a>.
\n
\nNum. 11:1\u2014The Heb. reads: \u201cAnd when the People was as murmurers, it was evil in the ears of Jehovah.\u201d Here the resemblance was real; i.e<\/em>., they were murmurers.
\n
\nNeh. 7:2\u2014\u201cI gave my brother Hanani . . . charge over Jerusalem: for he acted as a faithful man (\ufb3b\u05b0\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9), etc<\/em>.\u201d : i.e<\/em>. he was a faithful man.
\n
\nIsa. 1:7\u2014\u201cIt is desolate as the overthrow of strangers.\u201d
\nSee A.V. margin.
\nSee under Antimereia<\/em>, and compare Isa. 13:6<\/a>.
\n
\nIsa. 1:9\u2014\u201cExcept the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.\u201d
\n
\nHere the words of the godly remnant declare the resemblance; and in the next verse Jehovah endorses it as true; addressing the ungodly but most religious nation actually as \u201cthe rulers of Sodom \u201cand\u201d the people of Gomorrah.\u201d
\n
\nPsa. 122:3\u2014\u201cJerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together\u201d: i.e<\/em>. :,
\nit was a city so built.
\n
\nHos. 5:10\u2014\u201cThe princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound\u201d: i.e<\/em>., they actually committed this sin, the greatness of which is seen from Deut. 19:14<\/a>; 27:17<\/a>.
\n
\nMatt. 14:5\u2014\u201cBecause they counted him as a prophet\u201d: i.e<\/em>., as actually a prophet.
\n
\nLuke 22:44\u2014\u201cHis sweat was as it were great drops of blood “: i.e<\/em>., it was.
\n
\nJohn 1:14\u2014\u201cAnd we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father\u201d: i.e<\/em>., the glory of Him who was really the only begotten Son of the Father.
\n
\nRom. 9:32\u2014\u201cWherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were
\n(i.e<\/em>., actually) by the works of the law.\u201d
\n
\n2 Cor. 2:17\u2014\u201cWe are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ: i.e<\/em>., we speak really and truly sincere, pure, and Divine words.
\n
\n2 Cor. 3:18\u2014\u201cWe are all with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror
\n(\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c0\u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u03b6\u03cc\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9, katoptrizomenoi<\/em>) the glory of the Lord, are transfigured to the same image, from glory to glory, even as from the Lord\u2014the Spirit\u201d: i.e<\/em>., really by the actual operation of the Holy Spirit. His office is to glorify Christ; and those who are led by the Spirit do occupy themselves with Christ\u2014the heavenly object, and thus become like Him, heavenly, and that without an effort. Indeed, the measure in which we are \u201cfilled with the Spirit\u201d is the measure in which we are thus occupied with Christ.
\n
\nSometimes the word \u201cas\u201d is followed by the word \u201cso\u201d to strengthen and heighten the comparison, and make it more clear: as in
\nIsa. 24:2\u2014\u201cAnd it shall be
\n\u2026..<\/span>As with the people,
\n\u2026.\u2026…<\/span>So with the priest;
\n\u2026..<\/span>As with the servant,
\n\u2026..\u2026..<\/span>So with his master;
\n\u2026..<\/span>As with the maid.
\n\u2026..\u2026..<\/span>So with her mistress;
\n\u2026..<\/span>As with the buyer.
\n\u2026\u2026….<\/span>So with the seller;
\n\u2026..<\/span>As with the lender,
\n\u2026..\u2026..<\/span>So with the borrower;
\n\u2026..<\/span>As with the taker of usury.
\n\u2026..\u2026..<\/span>So with the giver of usury to him.\u201d
\n
\nAnd all this to show the universality of the judgment which shall make the land empty and desolate.
\nThis is a combination of Syncrisis<\/em> with this form of Simile<\/em>,
\nIsa. 55:10, 11 \u2014
\n\u2026..<\/span>a \/ \u201cAs the rain cometh down, and the snow
\n\u2026\u2026….<\/span>b \/ From heaven,
\n\u2026..\u2026\u2026….<\/span>c \/ And returneth not thither, but watereth the earth,
\n.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and maketh it bring forth and bud,
\n\u2026.\u2026..\u2026…\u2026..<\/span>d \/ That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater.
\n\u2026..<\/span>a \/ So shall my word be that goeth forth
\n\u2026..\u2026..<\/span>b \/ Out of my mouth:
\n\u2026\u2026..\u2026….<\/span>c \/ It shall not return unto me void,
\n\u2026\u2026..\u2026..\u2026….<\/span>d \/ But it shall accomplish that which I please,
\n\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 . .<\/span>and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nHere, in this beautiful comparison, we have in a and a<\/em> the two things compared,
\nthe Word resembling the rain and snow; in b and b<\/em> we have their source; in c and c<\/em>, their destiny, not returning void; and in d and d<\/em>, their end prospering, and the accomplishment of their mission.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026.\u2026…….\u2026\u2026….<\/span>\u201cAS\u201d and \u201cSO.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n
\nWe have collected a number of these examples of the use of \u201cas\u201d and \u201cso\u201d together; and arranged them, not in the sequence of the books of the Bible, or in full; but we have numbered them and placed them so as to illustrate the ways of God in grace:\u2014
\n(1) Sin and death (Rom. 5:12<\/a>).
\nThese words explain the mystery of the first and last Adam, and the first and second man: their temptation and its results as shown in Gen. 3<\/a>., Matt. 4<\/a>., and Rom. 6:23<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nThis explains\u2014
\n(2) Offense and righteousness: judgment and free gift (Rom. 5:18<\/a>); also\u2014<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n(3) Disobedience and obedience: sinners and righteous (Rom. 5:19).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nHence the eternal results of\u2014
\n(4) Sin and death: grace and eternal life (Rom. 5:21).
\nNow we pass from sin and its entrance and consequences to\u2014<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n(5) its remedy. The Serpent and the Son of Man (John 3:14<\/a>).
\nNote the two \u201cmusts\u201d (verses 7 and 14); and the parabolic miracle of Num. 21:5-9<\/a>.
\nNote the \u201clifting up\u201d spoken of in John 12:32<\/a>.
\nThe \u201call\u201d means all without distinction (no longer the one People of Israel)
\nnot \u201call\u201d without exception.
\nIn due time Christ came to be thus \u201clifted up,\u201d
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

and\u2014
\n(6) do the Father’s will, and Commandment, and He did (John 14:31<\/a>),<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

and\u2014
\n(7) suffered; Lamb dumb, and so He; etc<\/em>. (Isa. 53:7<\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nHence\u2014
\n(8) Once to die, and once offered (Heb. 9:27, 28<\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nThen
\n(9) they are sent, \u201cSent Me\u201d and \u201csent them\u201d (John 17:18<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n(10) to bear testimony of His grace: \u201cBelieved\u201d and \u201cdone\u201d (Matt. 8:13<\/a>),<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n(11) yea, of His life-giving grace: Life (John 5:26<\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n(12) God reveals Himself: Heaven and earth; ways and thoughts (Isa. 55:9<\/a>),<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

and\u2014
\n(13) man, morally: Foolish as a beast (Psa. 73:22<\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n(14) Fathers and sons, etc<\/em>., ye (Acts 7:51<\/a>); and<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n(15) physically, the Flower that flourisheth (Psa. 103:15<\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Then He reveals
\n(16) His mercy: Heaven high and mercy great (Psa. 103:11<\/a>),<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n(17) His forgiveness: East from west and trangressions removed (Psa. 103:12<\/a>),<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n(18) His pity: A father and the Lord (Psa. 103:13<\/a>), and<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n(19) His love: The Father and I (John 15:9<\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nThen He reveals
\n(20) our relationships and duties: Many members and one body (Rom. 12:4<\/a>; see 1 Cor. 12:12, 13<\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n(21) Mutual forgiveness: Christ forgave and do ye (Col. 3:13<\/a>),<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n(22) Christ-like walk: Received and walk ye (Col. 2:6<\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n(23) Divine consolations: Sufferings and consolation (2 Cor. 1:5, 7<\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n(24) Missionary work: Received and minister (1 Pet. 4:10<\/a>);
\nwith<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n(25) the Divine promise, Rain and snow: the word of God (Isa. 55:10, 11<\/a>); and<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n(26) the Divine support, Thy days and thy strength (Deut. 33:25<\/a>).
\nOh may our desire to do His will be according to,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n(27) The hart panting, and the soul longing (Psa. 42:1<\/a> (2)).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nThe Jew.
\n(28) All blessing based on God’s original covenant-promise; Stars and seed
\n(Jer. 33:22<\/a>), see especially Gen. 15:5<\/a>, and Rom. 4:18<\/a>. The covenant of works they brake, see Ex. 24:3, 7<\/a> and Jer. 31:32<\/a>, and are now suffering the consequences.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n(29) The future blessing of Israel will be under the original covenant of grace:
\nas Mother comforteth, so will I comfort (Isa. 66:13<\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n(30) Bridegroom and thy God (Isa. 62:5<\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n(31) The waters of Noah, and wrath (Isa. 54:9, 10<\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n(32) Shepherd seeking and I will seek (Ezek. 34:12<\/a>).
\n
\nThe Gentile.
\nWe must not separate what God has joined together,
\nnor join together what God has separated (Matt. 19:6<\/a>).
\nThe Jew, the Gentile, and the Church of God, are distinct in their calling, standing, hope, and destiny (1 Cor. 10:32<\/a>). The preaching of the Gospel is not to convert the world, but to take out a People (Acts 15:14<\/a>); while the world will get worse and worse until Christ suddenly comes.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n(33) Lightning, and coming (Matt. 24:27<\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n(34) The days of Noah, and the coming of the Son of Man (Matt. 24:37-39<\/a>).
\n
\nThe Church Of GOD.
\nChrist’s advent will wear a different aspect to the Church.
\nNot like the lightning or a thief, but<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n(35) \u201cthis same Jesus.\u201d As ye have seen Him go will so come (Acts 1:11<\/a>).
\nChrist’s resurrection is the type and pledge of ours.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n(36) As all in Adam die, so all in Christ made alive (1 Cor. 15:22<\/a>).
\nNote the \u201corder\u201d (verses 23 and 24).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

.<\/span>
\n.<\/span>From \u201cFigures Of Speech Used In The Bible<\/em><\/span>\u201d by E. W. Bullinger,
\n(Public Domain) pages 726-733. Adapted for website compatibility.
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SIMILE; or, RESEMBLANCE. A Declaration that one Thing resembles another; or, Comparison by Resemblance. Sim’-i’-le. This is the Latin name of the figure; from similis, like, similar, resembling closely, or in many respects. This figure has no corresponding Greek name. Indeed it can hardly be called a figure, or an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11179","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/figuresofspeechinthebible.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/figuresofspeechinthebible.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/figuresofspeechinthebible.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/figuresofspeechinthebible.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/figuresofspeechinthebible.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11179"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/figuresofspeechinthebible.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14382,"href":"https:\/\/figuresofspeechinthebible.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11179\/revisions\/14382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/figuresofspeechinthebible.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}