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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 33 times in 32 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:7 - And he took up his parable, and said, Balac king of Moab sent for me out of Mesopotamia, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and Come, call for a curse for me upon Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:18 - And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balac, and hear; hearken as a witness, thou son of Sepphor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:3 - And he took up his parable and said, Balaam son of Beor says, the man who sees truly says,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:15 - And he took up his parable and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, the man who sees truly says,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:20 - And having seen Amalec, he took up his parable and said, Amalec is the first of the nations; yet his seed shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:21 - And having seen the Kenite, he took up his parable and said, Thy dwelling-place is strong; yet though thou shouldest put thy nest in a rock,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:23 - And he looked upon Og, and took up his parable and said, Oh, oh, who shall live, when God shall [fn]do these things?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:37 - And thou shalt be there for a wonder, and a parable, and a tale, among all the nations, to which the Lord thy God shall carry thee away.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:12 - And one of them answered and said, And who is his father? and therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:13 - (LXX 24:14) As the old proverb [fn]says, Transgression will proceed from the wicked ones: but my hand shall not be upon thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:3 - The God of Israel says, A watchman out of Israel spoke to me a parable: I said among men, How will ye strengthen the fear of the anointed?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:32 - (LXX 5:12) And Solomon spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were five thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:20 - then will I remove you from the land which I gave them; and this house which I have consecrated to my name I will remove out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a by-word among all nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:14 - (LXX 43:15) Thou hast made us a proverb among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:4 - (LXX 48:5) I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my [fn]riddle on the harp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:11 - (LXX 68:12) And I put on sackcloth for my covering; and I became a proverb to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:2 - (LXX 77:2) [fn] I will open my mouth in parables: I will utter dark sayings which have been from the beginning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:6 - and will understand a parable, and a dark speech; the sayings of the wise also, and riddles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:17 - And my heart knew much—wisdom, and knowledge, parables and understanding: I perceived that this also is waywardness of spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:9 - And because the Preacher was wise above others, so it was that he taught man excellent knowledge, and the ear will trace out the parables.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:9 - And I will cause them to be dispersed into all the kingdoms of the earth, and they shall be for a reproach, and a proverb, and an object of hatred, and a curse, in every place whither I have driven them out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:22 - Son of man, what is your parable on the land of Israel, that ye say, The days are long, the vision has perished?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:23 - Therefore say to them, Thus saith the Lord; I will even set aside this parable, and the house of Israel shall no more at all use this parable: for thou shalt say to them, The days are at hand, and the import of every vision.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:44

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:44 - These are all the things they have spoken against thee in a proverb, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:2 - Son of man, relate a tale, and speak a parable to the house of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:2 - Son of man, what mean ye by this parable among the children of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten unripe grapes, and the children's teeth have been set on edge?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:3 - As I live, saith the Lord, surely this parable shall no more be spoken in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:14 - And fire is gone out of a rod of her choice boughs, and has devoured her; and there was no rod of strength in her. Her race is become a parable of lamentation, and it shall be for a lamentation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:49

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:49 - (LXX 21:5) And I said, Not so, O Lord God! they say to me, Is not this that is spoken a parable?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:3 - And speak a parable to the provoking house, and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord; Set on the caldron, and pour water into it:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:4 - In that day shall a parable be taken up against you, and a plaintive lamentation shall be uttered, saying, We are thoroughly miserable: the portion of my people has been measured out with a line, and there was none to hinder him so as to turn him back; your fields have been divided.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:6 - Shall not all these take up a parable against him? and a proverb to tell against him? and they shall say, Woe to him that multiplies to himself the possessions which are not his! how long? and who heavily loads his yoke.
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