Apposition

Used generally, the word simply refers to the act of placing two or more objects near one another (from Latin, ap, 'to,' and pose, 'place'). In Paul's prescript to 1 Cor, e.g., he places himself in apposition to Sosthenes ("Paul . . . and Sosthenes"); the intervening clause ("called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God" serves simply as an extended adjective to describe Paul) as does the words after Sosthenes ("our brother") describe the latter. Apposition, especially if they are phrases or clauses juxtaposed with a connective in between, may also serve either to define, limit, or to emphasize it; e.g., "he is a man without honour, a mere worm" or "he may be a worm but a brave one."