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Strong G3850παραβολή

parable

Transliteration
parabolē
Pronunciation
par-ab-ol-ay'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From G3846; a similitude (parable) that is (symbolically) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral) apoth gm or adage: - comparison figure parable proverb.

Detailed definition

παραβολή, -ῆς, ἡ
(παραβάλλω), [in LXX (cf. McNeile, Mt., 185): Num.23:7, Deu.28:37, Psa.44:14, Pro.1:6, Eze.12:22, al. (מָשַׁל), Sir.47:17 (חִידָה), al. mutt. in Sir, Wis.5:3;]
1. a placing beside, juxtaposition (Polyb., al.).

2. a comparing, comparison (Plat., Arist., al.).

3. a comparison, illustration, analogy, figure (Arist., al.): Mat.24:32, Mrk.3:23, Heb.9:9 11:19; specif. of the pictures and narratives drawn from nature and human life which are characteristic of the synoptic teaching of our Lord, a parable: Mat.13:3, 10 Mrk.4:2, 10, Luk.8:4, 9-11, al.; with genitive ref., Mat.13:18, 36

4 4 Like Heb. מָשַׁל (1Ki.10:12, Pro.1:6, Sir.3:29, al.), = παροιμία, a proverb or gnomic saying: Luk.4:23 5:36 6:39
SYN.: παροιμία (see Abbott, Essays, 82 ff.) (AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3850 appears in 48 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • parable45
  • figure2
  • comparison1
  • proverb1

First verses

  1. Matthew 13:3
    And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
  2. Matthew 13:10
    And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
  3. Matthew 13:13
    Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
  4. Matthew 13:18
    Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
  5. Matthew 13:24
    Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
  6. Matthew 13:31
    Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
  7. Matthew 13:33
    Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
  8. Matthew 13:34
    All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
  9. Matthew 13:35
    That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
  10. Matthew 13:36
    Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
  11. Matthew 13:53
    And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.
  12. Matthew 15:15
    Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
  13. Matthew 21:33
    Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
  14. Matthew 21:45
    And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
  15. Matthew 22:1
    And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
  16. Matthew 24:32
    Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
  17. Mark 3:23
    And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
  18. Mark 4:2
    And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
  19. Mark 4:10
    And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
  20. Mark 4:11
    And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
παραβολ-ή, ἡ,
juxtaposition, comparison, τῶν βίων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 33b; π. καὶ σύγκρισις 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.2.2)]; ἐν παραβολῇ by juxtaposition, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 104a28, compare 157a14; ἐκ παραβολῆς [prev. author] “Rh.” 1420a4.)]
2 comparison, illustration, analogy, τὴν π. ἀπρεπῆ πεποιῆσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.227)]; π. δὲ τὰ Σωκρατικά (distinguished from λόγος, apologue) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1393b3; ἐκ τῶν θηρίων ποιεῖσθαι τὴν π. [prev. author] “Pol.” 1264b4.)]
3 NT, parable, [NT (NT.Mark.12.1, +others)]; type, Ep. Hebrew 9.9, 11.19.
4 by-word, proverb, [LXX+NT (LXX.Eze.18.2, NT.Luke.4.23)]; in bad sense, εἰς π. ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι [LXX (LXX.Psa.43(44).14, cf. LXX.Wis.5.3.)]
5 objection to an argument, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.5 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
II moving side by side, ἐκ παραβολῆς [νεῶν] μάχεσθαι to fight a sea-fight broadside to broadside, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.2.13, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.60.)]
III sidelong direction, obliquity, διὰ πολλῶν ἑλιγμῶν καὶ π. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aratus” 22.)]
IV venture, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 27.17, variant in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.131.)]
V Astron., conjunction, παραβολαὶ ἀλλήλων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 40c, compare 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Timaeum commentarii” 3.146 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 3.1.5, 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de Mysteriis” 9.4)]: also falsa lectio for{περιβολή}, τοῦ ἡλίου [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Maximus Tyrius Sophista 17.9.)]
VI in Mathematics texts, division, opposed to multiplication, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Diophantus Mathematicus 4.22)]; quotient, [Refs ([prev. work] 10: hence,)]section produced by division of a line, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Nicomachus Gerasenus Mathematicus “Arithmetica Introductio” 2.27.)]
VII Geometry texts, application, π. τῶν χωρίων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus cited in 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in primum Euclidis librum commentarius” p.419 F.)]; τὰ ἐκ τῆς π. γενηθέντα σημεῖα, of the foci of an ellipse or hyperbola, points found by application of an area to the axis, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Apollonius Pergaeus Geometra “Conica” 3.45, compare 48.)]
VII.2 parabola, because the square on the ordinate is equal to a rectangle whose height is equal to the abscissa applied to the parameter, [Refs ([prev. work] 1.11.)]
VIII ={παράβολον} (see. παράβολος[Refs 4th c.BC+ (III. 1), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oeconomica” 1348b13 (variants παράβολον, -βόλιον), “OGI” 41.5 (Samos, 3rd c.BC, _plural_). “PPetr.” 3p.232 (3rd c.BC, _plural_).)]