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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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:3 - And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:10 - Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:13 - This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:18

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:24 - He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:31 - He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:33 - He told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:34 - All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:35 - This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:[fn]
“I will open my mouth in parables;
I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:36 - Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:53

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:53 - And when Jesus had finished these parables, he went away from there,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:15 - But Peter said to him, “Explain the parable to us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:33 - “Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:45 - When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:1 - And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:32 - “From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:23

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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:10 - And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:11 - And he said to them, “To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:13 - And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:30 - And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:33 - With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:34 - He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:17 - And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:1 - And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:12 - And they were seeking to arrest him but feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So they left him and went away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:28 - “From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:23 - And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘“Physician, heal yourself.” What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:36 - He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. If he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:39 - He also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will 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 crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:9 - And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:10 - he said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so 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 told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:41 - Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for all?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:6 - And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:7 - Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:3 - So he told them this parable:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:1 - And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:9 - He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:11 - As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:9 - And he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants and went into another country for a long while.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:19 - The scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:29 - And he told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree, and all the trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:9 - (which is symbolic for the present age).[fn] According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:19 - He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back.
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