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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, ἡ (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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:3 - And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:10 - And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:13 - Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:18 - Hear then ye the parable of the sower.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:24 - Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:31 - Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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 it was all leavened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:34 - All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:35 - that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
I will open my mouth in parables;
I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:36 - Then he left the multitudes, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Explain unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:53 - And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:15 - And Peter answered and said unto him, Declare unto us the parable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:33 - Hear another parable: There was a man that was a householder, who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:45 - And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:1 - And Jesus answered and spake again in parables unto them, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:32 - Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:23 - And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:2 - And he taught them many things in parables, and said unto them in his teaching,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:10 - And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parables.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:11 - And he said unto them, Unto you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all things are done in parables:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:13 - And he saith unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all the parables?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:30 - And he said, How shall we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable shall we set it forth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:33 - And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:34 - and without a parable spake he not unto them: but privately to his own disciples he expounded all things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:17 - And when he was entered into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked of him the parable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:1 - And he began to speak unto them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:12 - And they sought to lay hold on him; and they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spake the parable against them: and they left him, and went away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:28 - Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:23 - And he said unto them, Doubtless ye will say unto me this parable, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in thine own country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:36 - And he spake also a parable unto them: No man rendeth a piece from a new garment and putteth it upon an old garment; else he will rend the new, and also the piece from the new will not agree with the old.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:39 - And he spake also a parable unto them, Can the blind guide the blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:4 - And when a great multitude came together, and they of every city resorted unto him, he spake by a parable:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:9 - And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:10 - And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to the rest in parables; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:11 - Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:16 - And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:41 - And Peter said, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even unto all?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:6 - And he spake this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit thereon, and found none.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:7 - And he spake a parable unto those that were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief seats; saying unto them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:3 - And he spake unto them this parable, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:1 - And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:9 - And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:11 - And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was immediately to appear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:9 - And he began to speak unto the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country for a long time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:19 - And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that very hour; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he spake this parable against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:29 - And he spake to them a parable: Behold the fig tree, and all the trees:

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:9 - which is a figure for the time present; according to which are offered both gifts and sacrifices that cannot, as touching the conscience, make the worshipper perfect,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:19 - accounting that God is able to raise up, even from the dead; from whence he did also in a figure receive him back.
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