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Lexicon :: Strong's G3846 - paraballō

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παραβάλλω
Transliteration
paraballō (Key)
Pronunciation
par-ab-al'-lo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

παραβάλλω parabállō, par-ab-al'-lo; from G3844 and G906; to throw alongside, i.e. (reflexively) to reach a place, or (figuratively) to liken:—arrive, compare.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G3846 in the following manner: compare (1x), arrive (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G3846 in the following manner: compare (1x), arrive (1x).

  1. to throw before, cast to (as fodder for horses)

  2. to put one thing by the side of another for the sake of comparison, to compare, liken

  3. to put one's self, betake one's self into a place or to a person

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παραβάλλω parabállō, par-ab-al'-lo; from G3844 and G906; to throw alongside, i.e. (reflexively) to reach a place, or (figuratively) to liken:—arrive, compare.
STRONGS G3846:
παραβάλλω: 2 aorist παρέβαλον;
1. to throw before, cast to (cf. παρά, Winers Grammar, 1) (Homer, Plato, Polybius, Dio Cassius, others; as fodder to horses, Homer, Iliad 8, 504).
2. to put one thing by the side of another for the sake of comparison, to compare, liken (Herodotus, Xenophon, Plato, Polybius, Josephus, Herodian): τήν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν παραβολή, to portray the kingdom of God (in), by the use of, a similitude, Mark 4:30 R G L marginal reading Tr marginal reading (cf. Buttmann, § 133, 22).
3. reflexively, to put oneself, betake oneself into a place or to a person (Plato, Polybius, Plutarch, (Diogenes Laërtius); of seamen (Herodotus 7, 179; Demosthenes, p. 163, 4; εἰς Ποτιόλους, Josephus, Antiquities 18, 6, 4), εἰς Σάμον, Acts 20:15 (put in at (R. V. touched at)). For another use of this verb in Greek writings see παραβολεύομαι.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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Mark
4:30
Acts
20:15

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Strong's Number G3846 matches the Greek παραβάλλω (paraballō),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the TR Greek.

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