Epexegesis; or, Fuller Explaining A Repetition for the purpose of explaining more fully
Ep-ex´-e-gee´-sis, a returning to explain . It is from ἐπί (epi), upon, ἐξ (ex), out, and ἡγεῖσθαι (heegeisthai), to lead or guide .
The figure is so called because the repetition is for purposes of explanation .
It has several names. It is called EXEGESIS (ex´-e-gee´sis), an explanation .
ECPHRASIS (ec´-phra-sis), from ἐκ (ek), out, and φράζω (phrazo), to give to know, cause to understand, intimate, point out . Hence the figure is called Ecphrasis, which means an explaining, recounting .
It is also called EPLCHREMA (epi-chree´-ma), from ἐπί (epi), upon, and χρῆμα (chreema), a furnishing, from χράομαι (chra´-o-mai), to furnish what is needful . The figure is thus called because upon what has been said less clearly the needful information is added or furnished.
This figure Epexegesis may be divided into three parts: (1) where what is added is a working out and developing what has been previously said (Exergasia); (2) where what has been said is dwelt upon to deepen the impression (Epimone); and (3) where what is added is by way of interpretation (Hermeneia).
For these three Figures see the following: