Syncrisis; or, Repeated Simile Repetition of a number of Resemblances
Syn´-cri-sis . Greek, σύγκρισις, from σύν (sun), together with, and κρίσις (crisis), a judging or deciding .
Hence, Syncrisis is the judging or comparing of one thing with another; and is used of the figure which consists of a repeated Simile, or of more than one, or of a number of separate comparisons used together.
Another name for this figure is PARATHESIS (Pa-rath´-e-sis), Greek, παράθεσις, a putting beside; from παρά (para), beside, and τιθέναι (tithenai), to place .
It was called by the Latins COMPARATIO: i.e., a bringing together and comparing .
Isaiah 1:18. -
“Though your sins be as scarlet,
They shall be as white as snow;
Though they be red like crimson,
They shall be as wool.”
Isaiah 32:2. -“And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.”
Isaiah 66:12. -“For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream.”