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Lexicon :: Strong's G3850 - parabolē

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παραβολή
Transliteration
parabolē (Key)
Pronunciation
par-ab-ol-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:744,773

Strong’s Definitions

παραβολή parabolḗ, par-ab-ol-ay'; from G3846; a similitude ("parable"), i.e. (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage:—comparison, figure, parable, proverb.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 50x

The KJV translates Strong's G3850 in the following manner: parable (46x), figure (2x), comparison (1x), proverb (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 50x
The KJV translates Strong's G3850 in the following manner: parable (46x), figure (2x), comparison (1x), proverb (1x).
  1. a placing of one thing by the side of another, juxtaposition, as of ships in battle

  2. metaph.

    1. a comparing, comparison of one thing with another, likeness, similitude

    2. an example by which a doctrine or precept is illustrated

    3. a narrative, fictitious but agreeable to the laws and usages of human life, by which either the duties of men or the things of God, particularly the nature and history of God's kingdom are figuratively portrayed

    4. a parable: an earthly story with a heavenly meaning

  3. a pithy and instructive saying, involving some likeness or comparison and having preceptive or admonitory force

    1. an aphorism, a maxim

  4. a proverb

  5. an act by which one exposes himself or his possessions to danger, a venture, a risk

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παραβολή parabolḗ, par-ab-ol-ay'; from G3846; a similitude ("parable"), i.e. (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage:—comparison, figure, parable, proverb.
STRONGS G3850:
παραβολή, παραβολῆς, (παραβάλλω, which see), the Sept. for מָשָׁל;
1. a placing of one thing by the side of another, juxtaposition, as of ships in battle, Polybius 15, 2, 13; Diodorus 14, 60.
2. metaphorically, a comparing, comparison of one thing with another, likeness, similitude (Plato, Isocrates, Polybius, Plutarch): universally, Matthew 24:32; Mark 13:28; an example by which a doctrine or precept is illustrated, Mark 3:23; Luke 14:7; a thing serving as a figure of something else, Hebrews 9:9; this meaning also very many interpreters give the word in Hebrews 11:19, but see 5 below; specifically, "a narrative, fictitious but agreeable to the laws and usages of human life, by which either the duties of men or the things of God, particularly the nature and history of God's kingdom, are figuratively portrayed" (cf. B. D., see under the words, Fable, Parable (and references there; add Aristotle, rhet. 2, 20, 2ff and Cope's notes)): Matthew 13:3, 10, 13, 24, 31, 33-35, 53; Matthew 21:33, 45; (Matthew 22:1); Mark 4:2, 10,(Mark 4:11),Mark 4:13,30,33f; (Mark 7:17); Mark 12:1,(Mark 12:12); Luke 8:4, 9-11; Luke 12:16, 41; Luke 13:6; Luke 14:7; Luke 15:3; Luke 18:1, 9; Luke 19:11; Luke 20:9, 19; Luke 21:29; with a genitive of the person or thing to which the contents of the parable refer (Winer's Grammar, § 30, 1 a.): τοῦ σπείροντος, Matthew 13:18; τῶν ζιζανίων, Matthew 13:36; τήν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν παραβολή τιθέναι (literally, to set forth the kingdom of God in a parable), to illustrate (the nature and history of) the kingdom of God by the use of a parable, Mark 4:30 L text T Tr text WH.
3. "a pithy and instructive saying, involving some likeness or comparison and having preceptive or admonitory force; an aphorism, a maxim": Luke 5:36; Luke 6:39; Matthew 15:15 (Proverbs 1:6; Ecclesiastes 1:17; Sir. 3:29(27); Sir 13:26(25), etc.). Since sayings of this kind often pass into proverbs, παραβολή is
4. a proverb: Luke 4:23 (1 Samuel 10:12; Ezekiel 12:22; Ezekiel 18:2f).
5. an act by which one exposes himself or his possessions to danger, a venture, risk (in which sense the plural seems to be used by Plutarch, Aratus 22: διά πολλῶν ἑλιγμων καί παραβολῶν περαινοντες πρός τό τεῖχος (cf. Diodorus Siculus fragment book 30:9, 2; also variant in Thucydides 1, 131, 2 (and Poppo at the passage))); ἐν παραβολή, in risking him, i. e. at the very moment when he exposed his son to mortal peril (see παραβολεύομαι), Hebrews 11:19 (Hesychius ἐκ παραβολῆς. ἐκ παρακινδυνευματος); others with less probability explain it, in a figure, i. e. as a figure, either of the future general resurrection of all men, or of Christ offered up to God and raised again from the dead; others otherwise.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Samuel
10:12
Proverbs
1:6
Ecclesiastes
1:17
Ezekiel
12:22; 18:2
Matthew
13; 13:3; 13:10; 13:13; 13:18; 13:24; 13:31; 13:36; 13:53; 15:15; 21:33; 21:45; 22:1; 24:32
Mark
3:23; 4:2; 4:10; 4:11; 4:13; 4:30; 4:30; 4:33; 7:17; 12:1; 12:12; 13:28
Luke
4:23; 5:36; 6:39; 8; 8:4; 12:16; 12:41; 13:6; 14:7; 14:7; 15:3; 18:1; 18:9; 19:11; 20:9; 20:19; 21:29
Hebrews
9:9; 11:19; 11:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3850 matches the Greek παραβολή (parabolē),
which occurs 50 times in 48 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:3 -

He told them many things in [fn]parables, saying, “Listen carefully: a sower went out to sow [seed in his field];

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:10 -

Then the disciples came to Him and asked, “Why do You speak to the crowds in parables?”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:13 - “This is the reason I speak to the crowds in parables: because while [having the power of] seeing they do not see, and while [having the power of] hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand and grasp [spiritual things].
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:18 -

“Listen then to the [meaning of the] parable of the sower:

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:24 -

Jesus gave them another parable [to consider], saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:31 -

He gave them another parable [to consider], saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field;

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:33 -

He told them another parable, “The kingdom of heaven is like [fn]leaven, which a woman took and worked into three [fn]measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:34 -

All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables, and He said nothing to them without [using] a parable.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:35 - This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:

“I WILL OPEN MY MOUTH IN PARABLES;

I WILL UTTER THINGS [unknown and unattainable] THAT HAVE BEEN HIDDEN [from mankind] SINCE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:36 -

Then He left the crowds and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him saying, “Explain [clearly] to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:53 -

When Jesus had finished these parables, He left there.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:15 -

Peter asked Him, “Explain this parable [about what defiles a person] to us.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:33 -

“Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who PLANTED A VINEYARD AND PUT A WALL AROUND IT AND DUG A WINE PRESS IN IT, AND BUILT A TOWER, and rented it out to tenant farmers and went on a journey [to another country].

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:45 -

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was talking about them.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:1 -

Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:32 -

“Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its young shoots become tender and it puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near;

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:23 - So He called them to Himself and spoke to them in [fn]parables, “How can Satan drive out Satan?
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:2 - And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said to them,
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:10 -

As soon as He was alone, those who were around Him, together with the twelve [disciples], began asking Him about [the interpretation of] the parables.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:11 - He said to them, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you [who have teachable hearts], but those who are outside [the unbelievers, the spiritually blind] get everything in parables,
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:13 -

Then He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand and grasp the meaning of all the parables?

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:30 -

And He said, “How shall we [fn]picture the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use to illustrate and explain it?

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:33 -

With many such parables, Jesus spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear and understand it;

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:34 - and He did not say anything to them without [using] a parable; He did, however, explain everything privately to His own disciples.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:17 -

When Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the [fn]house, His disciples asked Him about the parable.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:1 -

Jesus began to speak to them [the chief priests, scribes and elders who were questioning Him] in parables: “A man PLANTED A VINEYARD AND PUT A [fn]WALL AROUND IT, AND DUG A PIT FOR THE WINE PRESS AND BUILT A TOWER; and he rented it out to tenant farmers and left the country.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:12 -

And they were looking for a way to seize Him, but they were afraid of the crowd; for they knew that He spoke this parable in reference to [and as a charge against] them. And so they left Him and went away.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:28 -

“Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: as soon as its branch becomes tender and it puts out its leaves, you recognize that summer is near.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:23 - So He said to them, “You will no doubt quote this proverb to Me, ‘Physician, heal Yourself! Whatever [miracles] that we heard were done [by You] in Capernaum, do here in Your hometown as well.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:36 - He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old one; otherwise he will both tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:39 -

He also told them a parable: “Can a blind man guide [another] blind man? Will they not both fall into a hole in the ground?

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:4 -

When a large crowd was gathering together, and people from city after city were coming to Him, He spoke [to them] using a parable:

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:9 -

Now His disciples began asking Him what this parable meant.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:10 - And He said, “To you [who have been chosen] it has been granted to know and recognize the [fn]mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that though SEEING THEY MAY NOT SEE, AND HEARING THEY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:11 -

“Now [the meaning of] the parable is this: The seed is the word of God [concerning eternal salvation].

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:16 - Then He told them a parable, saying, “There was a rich man whose land was very fertile and productive.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:41 -

Peter said, “Lord, are You addressing this parable to us [disciples], or to everyone else as well?”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:6 -

Then He began telling them this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree that had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it, but did not find any;

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:7 -

Now Jesus began telling a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how they had been selecting the places of honor at the table, saying to them,

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:3 -

So He told them this parable:

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:1 -

Now Jesus was telling the disciples a parable to make the point that at all times they ought to pray and not give up and lose heart,

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:9 -

He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves and were confident that they were righteous [posing outwardly as upright and in right standing with God], and who viewed others with contempt:

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:11 -

While they were listening to these things, Jesus went on to tell a parable, because He was near Jerusalem, and they assumed that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately [as soon as He reached the city].

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:9 -

Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time [to another country].

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:19 -

The scribes and the chief priests tried to [find a way to] arrest Him at that very hour, but they were afraid of the people; because they understood that He spoke this parable against them.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:29 -

Then He told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees;

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:9 - for this [first or outer tabernacle] is a symbol [that is, an archetype or paradigm] for the present time. Accordingly both gifts and sacrifices are offered which are incapable of perfecting the conscience and renewing the [inner self of the] worshiper.
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:19 - For he considered [it reasonable to believe] that God was able to raise Isaac even from among the dead. [Indeed, in the sense that he was prepared to sacrifice Isaac in obedience to God] Abraham did receive him back [from the dead] figuratively speaking.
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