These examples show how Meiosis functions in biblical language, rhetoric, poetry, prophecy, narrative, or theological imagery.
I who am but dust and ashes
Abraham understates himself in humble contrast to the LORD before interceding.
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After whom do you pursue? After a dead dog! After a flea!
David minimizes himself to expose Saul's disproportionate pursuit.
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What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog such as I?
Mephibosheth uses self-lowering language before David's kindness.
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I am the least of the apostles
Paul underlines grace by describing himself in the lowest apostolic terms.
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the very least of all the saints
Paul intensifies humility by lowering himself beneath all believers.
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We are unworthy servants
Jesus teaches servants not to exaggerate their merit before God.
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Why have I found favor... since I am a foreigner?
Ruth humbly understates her claim and magnifies Boaz's kindness.
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I was no prophet, nor a prophet's son
Amos minimizes institutional status to stress divine commission.
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even the dogs eat the crumbs
The woman accepts the humbling image and turns it into an appeal for mercy.
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man, who is a maggot
The speaker uses extreme lowliness language to stress creaturely smallness.
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