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#184923 - 05/25/09 11:03 AM decussate
dbr stranger Registered: 05/25/09 Posts: 1	The Greek letter CHI looks like an X, and the terms chiasm and chiasmus describe a series of two lines of poetry (or sentences) in which the second line is an inversion of the first, e.g. abc/cba, or ab/ba. An example from the book of Isaiah ch. 22:22 - He will open [A] and none [B] will shut [C], he will shut [C] and none [B] will open [A]. From Jeremiah 4:5 - Broadcast [A]in Judah [B], in Jerusalem [B] proclaim [A].
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#184932 - 05/25/09 06:28 PM Re: decussate [Re: dbr]
olly old hand Registered: 12/18/06 Posts: 932 Loc: Auckland, New Zealand	Very interesting, thanks for that. Heres another: “But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first Matthew 19:30
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