While reading The John Macarthur Handbook of Effective Biblical Leadership yesterday (March 31, 2020) I came across a new word, hendiadys. It was used in a sermon by Tom Pennington on 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 referring to "of the Spirit and of power."
hen·di·a·dys /henˈdīədəs/
noun
the expression of a single idea by two words connected with “and,” e.g., nice and warm, when one could be used to modify the other, as in nicely warm.
from Wikipedia... a Latinized form of the Greek phrase ἓν διὰ δυοῖν, hèn dià duoîn, "one through two" is a figure of speech used for emphasis—"The substitution of a conjunction for a subordination". The basic idea is to use two words linked by the conjunction "and" instead of the one modifying the other. English names for hendiadys include "two for one" and "figure of twins." The term hendiaduo may also be used. The 17th century English Biblical commentator Matthew Poole referred to "hendiaduos" in his comments on Genesis 3:16, Proverbs 1:6 and Isaiah 19:20.
It is fascinating to discover a term for something you were aware of, but didn't know. We use terms like, "good and ready," "sick and tired," "heart and soul," "nice and easy," "the long and short of it," etc... all the time. But I wasn't aware that those were "a thing" until it was pointed out to me. And upon becoming aware of its "thing-ness" you immediately discover it is a thing you already knew It is the delight C.S. Lewis called, "of course."
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