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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:3 - He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:10 - The talmidim 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 - Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:18 - "Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:24 - He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like 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 set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like 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 - He spoke another parable to them. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:34 - Yeshua spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn't speak to 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 Yeshua sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His talmidim came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the darnel of the field."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:53

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:53 - It happened that when Yeshua had finished these parables, he departed from there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:15 - Rock answered 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 man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:45 - When the chief Kohanim and the Perushim heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:1 - Yeshua answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:32 - "Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:23 - He summoned them, and said to them in parables, "How can Hasatan cast out Hasatan?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:2 - He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:10 - When he was alone, those who were 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 - He said to them, "To you is given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:13 - He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:30 - He said, "How will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable will we illustrate 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 - Without a parable he didn't speak to them; but privately to his own talmidim he explained all things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:17 - When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his talmidim asked him about the parable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:1 - He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:12 - They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. 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 this parable. When the branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:23 - He said to them, "Doubtless you will tell me this parable, 'Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done at Kafar-Nachum, do also here in your hometown.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:36 - He also told a parable to them. "No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old garment, or else he will tear the new, and also 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 spoke a parable to them. "Can the blind guide the blind? Won't they both fall into a pit?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:4 - When a great multitude came together, and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:9 - Then his talmidim asked him, "What does this parable mean?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:10 - He said, "To 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 - He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:41 - Rock said to him, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everybody?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:6 - He spoke this parable. "A certain 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 - He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:3 - He told them this parable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:1 - He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:9 - He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:11 - As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Yerushalayim, and they supposed that the Kingdom of God would be revealed immediately.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:9 - He began to tell the people this parable. "A man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:19 - The chief Kohanim and the Sofrim sought to lay hands on Him that very hour, but they feared the people -- for they knew He had spoken this parable against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:29 - He told them a parable. "See 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 symbol of the present age, where gifts and sacrifices are offered that are incapable, concerning the conscience, of making 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. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.
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